$8,500
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Description
25" (63 cm). Of pink-tinted, hand-pressed thick
paste porcelain, the doll portrays an adult lady
with slender oval-shaped face inclined forward,
elongated throat, sculpted hair in rare sienna
brown color with shading detail, center-part with
individually sculpted short finger-curls around
the sides and back of head, sculpted detail of
eye sockets with defined eyelids, black and red
upper eyeliner, ombre eye shadow, feathered brown
brows, aquiline nose, closed mouth with
centerline between the lips, accent dimples at
lip corners and philtrum, blushed cheeks. The
doll has an old muslin stitch-jointed body and
porcelain arms. The doll wears an early cotton
plaid dress, undergarments, leather boots.
Unsigned, but probably from the porcelain works
of Royal Copenhagen, circa 1850. The doll is of
exceptionally large size and quality with very
rare hair color.