Onsite
Highest Bidder
$700
Sold
sold
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- Estimate
- $1,100 / $1,300
Description
18" (46 cm.) Poured wax shoulderhead with honey toned complexion, large blue glass paperweight inset eyes, tinted eyeliner and brows, lightly tinted closed mouth, inserted blonde hair tendrils, softly-stuffed cloth body with stitch-jointing, poured wax arms to above the elbows and lower legs with bare feet. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: English, possibly Montanari, circa 1880. Value Points: the wide-eyed child is wearing superb antique original costume of embroidered and lace edged cotton gown, undergarments, and white cream cashmere cape.