Tiny Grodnertal Wooden Doll with Wonderfully Painted Hair

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6 1/2" (17 cm.) All-wooden doll with one-piece head and shapely torso, unusual fan-shaped head with narrow pointy chin and tall rounded crown, painted black hair with wisps of tiny curls framing the face, painted tiny brown eyes, black upper eyeliner and brows, tiny nose and painted lips, jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, red painted shoes, antique gold gown with red silk edging. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Grodnertal, circa 1840. Value Points: unusually fine detail of painting and facial shape on the rare tiny example.