All-Original German Bisque Sculpted Hair Child as Red Riding Hood

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7 1/2" (19 cm.) Bisque shoulderhead tilted to the side, blonde sculpted hair with sculpted forelock curls, black hair band and bows, painted blue eyes, black upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, muslin body with stitch-jointing, bisque lower arms and legs, painted yellow heeled ankle boots. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1880. Value Points: all-original, with endearing piquant pose, the little girl is wearing blue silk dress with lace trim, undergarments, red flannel hood with velvet borders, and carrying wicker lunch basket, presented in oval wooden bentwood box. Private Collection of Marianne Cieslik.