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French Porcelain Poupee by Leontine Rohmer
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$3,800
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Description
18" (46 cm). Pink tinted porcelain shoulderhead with rounded facial modeling, painted blue upper glancing eyes with shaded detail and white-outlined pupils, thick black upper eyeliner, feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with hint of smile, blushed cheeks, blonde mohair wig over original partial skin-wig cap and pate, tuffed kid fashion body with gusset jointed hips, porcelain arms to above the elbows. Condition: generally excellent, few kid patches. Marks: Mme. Rohmer Brevete SGDG... (original green oval stamp on torso). Comments: Leontine Rohmer, circa 1857. Value Points: an especially beautiful model of the Rohmer fashion doll has lustrous patina, original signed body, wears antique green silk costume and vest, unusual signed leather shoes, green snood, and has an antique French trunk with three additional costumes, undergarments and various accessories.