#360

American Portrait Doll of Catherine Howard by Dorothy Heizer
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$1,200 / $1,600
Description
9" (23 cm.) Padded cotton crepe over copper wire armature, press-shaped painted facial features on down-tilted head, small blue eyes with defined eyeliner, thick painted brows, auburn silk thread hair under velvet and woven coiffe, closed mouth, separately-modeled fingers clasped with intertwined fingers. Condition: excellent. Marks: Dorothy Wendell Heizer (cloth tag inside costume). Comments: portrait of Catherine Howard by Dorothy Heizer, circa 1950. Value Points: rarely found doll by the illustrious artist is wearing emerald green gown of velvet and silk with stand-up collar and gilt jewelry.