Porcelain Boy with Wooden Articulated Body

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3 1/2" (9 cm). Porcelain shoulder head, black painted hair in short boyish fashion with detailed curls around the face, painted facial features, wooden torso and upper limbs with dowel jointing, porcelain lower arms and legs with dowel jointing, black painted flat shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1860. Value Points: rare wooden body and boyish hair coiffure.