12" (30 cm). Paper mache shoulder head portraying adult woman with oval face and elongated throat, brown hair in upswept cluster of curls captured by decorative comb with beaded trim, painted facial features, black upper eyeliner, ingle stroke brows, accented eye corners, closed mouth with center accent line, slender kid fashion body with wooden lower limbs, painted blue shoes, gown of some age included. Condition: very good, some touch-up at back shoulder plate, original holes at rim of shoulder plate suggest original stitch-attachment to body, this body may not be original. Comments: hair styling and body shape indicate production, circa 1830. Value Points: wonderful early body with very fancy hair decorated by applied glass beads at the back and painted stippling at sides of face, modeled bosom.