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Description
12" (30 cm.) excluding hat. Porcelain shoulder head with black sculpted hair,painted facial
features,muslin body,kid arms. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa
1880,the doll was used for presentation of fortune-telling novelty made for the French market.
Value Point: wearing original burgundy velvet gown with black lace and metallic gilt
trim,matching peaked hat,the fortune teller has an "under-skirt" composed of hundreds of
folded paper fortunes,each with a hand-written fortune in French language,and is rare to find in
such a complete state.