#119

German Porcelain Lady Doll with Rare Gilt-Edged Painted Snood and Fine Original Costume
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17" (43 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head of adult lady with oval face and elongated throat,black sculpted hair waved away from her face with details of stippling around her forehead,loose curls onto her shoulders,and a pageboy coiffure captured in a modeled gilt snood with gilt bow at her crown and gilt tassels at each side of her hair,blue upper-glancing painted eyes,red and black upper eyeliner,black single-stroke brows,closed mouth,original muslin stitch-jointed body,wooden hand. Condition: generally excellent,some fingers missing. Comments: Germany,circa 1865. Value Points: beautiful lady with rare artistically painted coiffure,wearing her fine original gown of stiffened embroidered muslin with blue and aqua silk under-dress and trim,undergarments. Provenance: ex: Marianne Bodmer collection.