#20

French All-Bisque Mignonettes in Presentation Box
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$650
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Description
each 2 1/2" (6 cm). Each of five dolls has bisque loop-jointed bisque socket head with solid dome, painted facial features, peg-jointed bisque arms and legs with painted blue boots, and wears original folklore style costume of various provinces of France. CONDITION: Generally excellent. COMMENTS: Circa 1900, the miniature dolls were offered in Paris department store catalogs of the era in glass-fronted presentation boxes. VALUE POINTS: Fine unplayed with condition of the swivel head all bisque doll, in original costumes and presentation.