$1,300
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Description
14" (35 cm). Untinted white porcelain shoulder
head doll with blonde sculpted hair waved away
from face into looped curls behind the ears and
forming a coronet at the crown, painted black
hair band behind the coronet, painted bright blue
eyes with large black pupils, red and black upper
eyeliner, single stroke brows, accented nostrils,
closed mouth with richly shaded lips, muslin body
with paper mache lower arms and legs, painted
boots. The doll wears an early folklore costume
with rich detailing in velvets, silks, and
overlay metallic fringe and braid. Circa 1880.