#110

Early German Paper Mache Lady with Rare Coiffure
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Description
19" (48 cm.) Paper mache shoulderhead of woman with oval face and elongated throat, sloping shoulders, black painted hair in center part looped smoothly around each sculpted ear into a small cluster of curls, and then forming a tightly-braided chignon at the back of head, painted blue eyes, black upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, slender kid body with wooden lower arms and legs, painted flat green shoes, lovely antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1850. Value Points: rare coiffure on the early lady doll with unusual high domed forehead, lovely lustrous original finish.