#167

Doll With Ornate Coiffure
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$2,900
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Description
20" (51 cm). Of fine quality porcelain with oval face and slender elongated throat, black sculpted hair drawn loosely away from face, detailed stippling around the sides of forehead, and three horizontal rolls at the back of the head topped by a gold decorative comb. The doll has blue painted eyes with large black pupils, red and black upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, aquiline nose, closed mouth with center accent line punctuated by dots at each lip corner, and (newer) muslin stitch-jointed body with leather arms. She wears green silk dress, undergarments and leather shoes. Circa 1875. From the Collection of Mildred Seeley.