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Description
16" (40 cm). Bisque shoulder head lady doll has
lovely pale bisque with blue painted eyes having
shaded irises, large black pupils, thick black
upper eyeliner, long painted lashes, arched
feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye
corners, closed mouth with pale accented lips,
unpierced ears and blonde mohair wig over cork
pate. Her pink kid leather body is one-piece
torso and legs, each with shapely definition, and
one-piece kid arms, mitten hands. The doll wears
ivory silk faille gown with richly appliquëd
torchon lace on skirt, and wide torchon lace
collar, sleeves and hem of extended train,
undergarments, leather shoes, metallic silver cap
with orange blossom wax flower. Incised _F.2 G._
on shoulder plate. Francois Gaultier, circa 1880.