#175

Porcelain Doll with Handmade Trousseau
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$1,700
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Description

13" (33 cm). Pink tinted porcelain shoulder head with black sculpted hair arranged in center part, waved behind the ears, into short finger curls, dark blue painted eyes, black and red upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, closed mouth, old muslin stitch-jointed body, leather lower arms. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1860. Value Points: early doll with hand-pressed sculpting owns four well-made dresses of the era,(one with matching bonnet) along with two capes and a little wooden box with a few accessories.