Petite German Porcelain Lady Doll with Wonderfully Sculpted Ears

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9" (23 cm.) Porcelain shoulderhead of adult lady with very slender face and elongated throat, sculpted black center-parted hair drawn very low to frame the face and throat, and looped backwards under the fully sculpted ears to form a braided chignon at the back of her head, slightly tinted complexion, painted blue eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, aquiline nose with accented nostrils, closed mouth, muslin body, porcelain lower limbs with flat black shoes and pink stocking ties, wearing silk costume and undergarments. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1840, the model was inspired by the popular young Queen Victoria whose hair was arranged similarly at the 1837 coronation. Value Points: exceptional detail of sculpting of ears and braided detail of hair.