German Bisque Lady with Sculpted Blonde Hair and Superb Costume

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26" (66 cm.) Bisque shoulderhead with oval face and elongated throat, blonde sculpted hair arranged with voluminous blonde curls surrounding her crown and tumbling into forehead curls, captured behind fully-modeled pierced ears by a blue hair band, painted dark blue eyes with white eye dots, black and red upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with center accent line, muslin stitch-jointed body, kid arms. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1875. Value Points: wonderfully detailed hair with decorative glaze, superb antique gown with accented blue bows, undergarments, stitched-on kidskin boots.