#133

German Porcelain Doll Portraying Young Boy
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$750
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Description
14" (35 cm). Porcelain shoulderhead, black sculpted curls in deeply combmarked fashion with detailed stippling onto the forehead and sides of face, blue painted eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth, muslin body, leather arms. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1860. Value Points: appealing characterlike face, beautifully sculpted hair, original provincial costume.