#169

Doll With Solid Dome and Wig
Live Auction

$950
sold
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Description
21" (53 cm). Having a porcelain shoulder head with solid domed oval head with black painted pate, elongated strong throat, painted small pale blue eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, blushed cheeks, and brunette mohair wig. The doll has a (newer) muslin stitch-jointed body with (newer) porcelain arms and legs, and is wearing a silk print skirt and vest, white cotton blouse, undergarments. Circa 1870. (There is an old hairline on the shoulder plate). From the Collection of Mildred Seeley.