#205

Paper Mache Doll Known as Milliners Model
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Description

12" (30 cm). Paper mache shoulder head with slender and elongated face and throat, long black sculpted hair in finger curls onto the shoulders, painted turquoise eyes, black upper eyeliner and brows, closed mouth with hint of smile, blushed cheeks, slender kid body with wooden lower arms and legs, painted yellow flat shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1850. Value Points: all original condition with unusual modeling of double chin, rarer coiffure, original tacked-on costume.