Collection of 19-Century Miniature Porcelain Dolls in Original Coronation Presentation

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4" (10 cm.) Each of nineteen dolls has a porcelain shoulder head with painted black or brown hair,painted facial features,the men with painted moustaches,firmly stuffed fabric body with bisque limbs. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: the German-made dolls were uniquely costumed in England,circa 1858,likely to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth I; the complete collection was acquired by Angela Prader from an original English estate collection. Value Points: the remarkably inclusive group features the Queen in most elaborate costume,along with six ladies in-waiting,two men with elaborately beaded velvet costumes,three men in matching pale green velvet costumes with silver tinsel trim,three additional men in gold decorated costumes,and three guardsmen in brown velvet costumes with red trim. The costumes are intricately constructed in the 16th-century manner.