Ch*****02
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$1,900
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sold
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- Estimate
- $1,300 / $1,600
Description
12" (30 cm.) One-piece untinted bisque head, torso and upper arms and legs, sculpted brown hair gracefully edged around the face and forming into braids and a coiled chignon at the back of head, painted facial features, blue eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, accented nostrils, defined fitted bisque corset edged with gilt forming the torso, cloth mid-arms and mid-legs, bisque lower legs with painted green boots. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, Conta & Bohme, circa 1870. Value Points: rare model with modeled and accented corset and having elaborate coiffure in rare brown color. Ex-collection Winnie Langley.
Stuart's Take
It would be easy to miss the feature of this doll that truly is extraordinary. The corset is actually sculpted bisque. One might just scroll right by, not even noticing what is one of the rarest features I have seen on any doll. I love the lineage as well, originally coming from the collection of Winnie Langley, a woman I greatly admired for her pioneer vision in recognizing the unique and fringe dolls long before anyone else. Of course Winnie knew back then, she rescued so many incredible pieces over the years of her collecting during the mid-late 20th century. And look at the estimate...for anyone looking for something truly rare and exquisite but still hoping for something in-budget.