#356.1

German Wooden Doll as Fortune-Teller for the French Market
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$1,200
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Description
7" (18 cm.) Carved wooden head and shapely torso with sculpted black hair arranged in ringlet curls and chignon,painted features,dowel-jointed shoulders and elbows. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,mide-19th century for the French market. Value Points: the doll has original finish and costume,comprising velvet fitted jacket and whhite tall hat trimmed with old Dresden papers and black net skirt covering a "skirt" of folded paper fortunes with ink- written messages.