German Bisque Lady with Sculpted Hair and Blue Hair Band

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15" (38 cm.) Bisque shoulderhead, slender face and elongated throat, blonde sculpted hair waved across the forehead and drawn back behind the modeled pierced ears into eight uniform rolled curls at the head, held by a wide blue hair band at the crown, painted blue eyes, black upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with accent line between the lips, muslin stitch-jointed body, bisque lower limbs, nicely costumed. Condition: generally excellent, some repair on cloth of body. Comments: Germany, circa 1875. Value Points: very distinctive coiffure, pierced ears, blue hair band that exactly matches her eyes.