German Bisque Lady Doll with Purple Lustre Tassel and Snood

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16" (41 cm.) Bisque shoulderhead with very pale complexion, oval face and elongated throat, sculpted blonde hair waved away from face and captured in a green painted snood at the back of the head, her face framed by a purple lustre tassel at one side and a sculpted feather at the other, painted facial features, bright blue upper-glancing eyes, thick upper eyeliner, very daintily-painted lashes, aquiline nose, closed mouth, antique muslin body, bisque lower limbs, well-shaped fingers, black flat shoes with red laces. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, attributed to Alt, Beck and Gottschalk, circa 1870. Value Points: outstanding sculpting of the regal lady with exquisite painting of facial features, rare coiffure, original costume.