Two German All-Wooden Dolls in Original Irish and Normandy Costumes

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8" (20 cm.) Each is all-wooden doll with one-piece head and torso, black painted hair, painted facial features, single stroke brows, closed mouth, all-wooden fully-articulated body with jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, painted shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Grodnertal, circa 1850, with original paper labels "Normandy" and "Irish" indicating the history of their original folklore costumes. Value Points: the dolls are wearing their original costumes including layered petticoats.