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Description
17" (43 cm.) Lightly-pink tinted porcelain swivel head with very plump face on porcelain shoulderplate, metal turning screw at crown, painted blue eyes in downcast gaze, dark upper eyeliner, all-around painted lashes, lightly-feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, unpierced ears, blonde mohair wig, softly-stuffed kid poupee body with gusset-jointing at hips and knees, porcelain arms to above the elbows, wearing blue silk gown, undergarments, leather boots. Condition: very faint hairline on right temple, professional restoration to fingers of left hand. Marks: (original Rohmer stamp on torso). Comments: Leontine Rohmer, circa 1860. Value Points: beautiful face and complexion, original signed body, rare swivel head with original pivoting system.