#357

Elegant German Bisque Wigged Fashion Lady with Wooden Body
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$1,700
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$800 / $1,000
Description
16" (41 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate, very slender oval face and elongated throat, cobalt blue glass eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, red upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with primly-set tiny lips, pierced ears, brunette human hair in elaborate coiffure having interwoven seed pearls, kid-over-wooden body, dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, bisque lower arms. Condition: 1" repair at bottom of back shoulderplate, small chip at back top of shoulderplate. Comments: Germany, circa 1875. Value Points: lovely pale bisque dramatized by brilliant eyes, regal stature with lovely antique silk gown, decorated coiffure.