German Porcelain Two-Faced Doll with Old/Young Faces

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9" (23 cm.) Porcelain shoulderhead with alternate face on each side features an aged woman with greying brown hair, painted blue eyes, pronounced nose, closed mouth in gentle smile, and incised age wrinkles; the black bonnet enclosing her head forms into the black sculpted hair of the alternate face, revealed when the entire doll is turned around; the second face depicts a young child with blue eyes, plump cheeks, and curly black hair; on cloth body and wearing costume which appears appropriately frontward whichever face is shown. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1885. Value Points: well-preserved doll with excellent detail of modeling, especially of older face. Private Collection of Marianne Cieslik.