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$750
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- $800 / $1,100
Description
15" (38 cm.) including hat. 17" x 6" case. Paper mache head with painted facial features and brown hair with extended sideburns, outlined brown eyes, closed mouth, stubble shadow of beard, firmly-stuffed body. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: French, mid-1800s. Value Points: presented in original paper lined case with ink-script insignia at base indicating Marechal (and then illegible), the Marshal is wearing elaborately-detailed regimental uniform with medals, epaulets, bicorn hat and with two swords.
Florence's Take
Kudos to Bonnie Karrin for sharing information with all of us on who is portrayed in this doll. It is French Marshall Jean Lannes who notably served in the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Here is a link to his history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Lannes