#82

Portrait Doll by Maison Huret with Unique & Original Body
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$4,500
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17" (43 cm). Pale bisque socket-head with slender facial modeling and elongated throat, painted blue eyes with heavily modeled eyelids, upper eyeliner, painted lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with outlined lips and hint of smile, brunette mohair wig, unique body having wooden shoulder plate that adheres to shapely wooden torso, dowel-jointed shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, swivel jointed wrists with metal hands, silk gown. Condition: bisque excellent, body original albeit paint finish scraped on torso and left arm. Marks: Huret (head) Maison Huret (illegible) Paris (red stamp on torso). Comments: from the Huret-Prevost era, circa 1910. Value Points: very beautiful face on the artistic era Huret doll with delicate complexion, portrait like qualities, unique and original body.