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Description
23" (58 cm.) Bisque shoulderhead with very pale complexion,oval face and elongated
throat,sculpted blonde hair waved away from face and captured in a green painted snood at the
back of the head,and her face framed by a purple lustre tassel at one side and a sculpted feather
at the other,painted facial features,bright blue upper glancing eyes,thick upper eyeliner with
very daintily-painted lashes,aquiline nose,closed mouth,antique muslin body,bisque lower
limbs,well-shaped fingers,black flat shoes with red laces. Condition: generally excellent,few
repairs on muslin body. Comments: attributed to Alt,Beck and Gottschalck,circa 1870. Value
Points: outstanding sculpting of the regal lady with exquisite painting of facial features,rare
coiffure,and wearing fine original costume.