German Paper Mache Peddler Lady with Baskets of Produce

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7" (18 cm.) doll seated. 9"h. and 12"diam. dome. Arranged on a wooden base under glass dome is a seated paper mache lady with sculpted bonnet and black hair, painted facial features, blue eyes, closed mouth with smiling expression, cloth body, kid arms, original costume and woolen cape. The doll is seated at a wooden table and all around her are eleven early woven baskets filled with waxed miniature fruit and vegetables. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, mid-1800s. Value Points: rare modeled bonnet on the paper mache lady, and wonderful presentation of miniature fruit and vegetables in vibrant colors, rare miniature baskets.