Set of Twelve German Paper-Mache/Wooden Miniature Dolls in Original Box

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6" (15 cm.) Each doll has carved wooden body with paper-mache/wooden head having distinctively-sculpted features,hair,hat,or ornaments,with painted facial features,wire upper arms and legs for posing,wooden lower limbs,small metal loops at crown for theatre suspension. Condition: generally excellent,few very minor flakes. Comments: Germany,mid-19th century,the miniature dolls were designed for use with theatres,dollhouses,or miniature settings. Value Points: an extraordinary set of dolls with finely-painted facial features and hats,wearing all- original costumes of silk,velvet,and wool,and preserved in their original box.