Porcelain Doll with Wood Articulated Body

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6" (15 cm). Pink tinted porcelain shoulderhead with short black painted hair in boyish style, painted facial features, blue upper glancing eyes, thick black brows, blushed cheeks, closed mouth, wooden shapely body with dowel jointing at shoulders and hips, porcelain lower arms and legs with dowel jointing at elbows and knees, flat red shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1860. Value Points: articulated wooden body is a rarity, more unusual to find with man's hair style.