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Description
11" (28 cm). Having a pale bisque shoulderhead
with oval-shaped face and stout elongated throat,
blonde sculpted hair arranged with two sets of
elaborately rolled curls at the forehead,
clusters of curls above the fully modeled pierced
ears, and a cluster of captured ringlet curls at
the back of the head, with a blue headband at the
crown and two black head bands at the back of the
head. The doll has pale blue painted eyes, black
upper eyeliner, single-stroke brows, accented
nostrils, closed mouth and accent line between
the lips. She has a kid fashion body in the
French manner with one-piece shapely torso and
legs, stitch-jointed shoulders and defined
fingers. The doll wears very finely detailed
antique white lawn gown with tiered pleats at
bodice, sleeves and hemline, undergarments and
slippers. Germany, probably for the French
market, circa 1870.