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Description
16" (40 cm). Having pale bisque shoulderhead with
square-shaped face above an elongated throat,
black sculpted hair waved away from face into
deeply rolled curls with garlands of black beads,
and into a braided cluster at the back of head,
the hair enhanced by stippling detail around the
forehead and glazed highlights overall. The lady
has painted blue eyes with red and black upper
eyeliner, single stroke brows, aquiline nose,
closed mouth with primly shaped lips. Her body
is a French kid fashion type with shapely waist
and gusset jointing at hips, and her hands have
sewn-on kid-gloved hands with overcast glove
details. The doll wears an early white pique gown
with fitted bodice, pleated skirt and hemline,
and puffed sleeves, undergarments and leather
slippers. The body is reinforced at the wrists.
Germany, probably for the French market, circa
1865.