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Description
22" (56 cm.) Porcelain shoulderhead with distinctive oval facial shape having pointy chin and very elongated throat, painted brown hair drawn tightly to the sides of head and looped over ears, forming into an unusual chignon which extends back from head, deeply-set eye sockets, pale blue painted eyes, red upper eyeliner, single-stroke brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with firmly-set lips, muslin stitch-jointed body, leather arms, early delicate cotton gown, undergarments, leather slippers. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: circa 1859, maker uncertain although suggestive of Royal Copenhagen; an identical model appeared in Theriault's July 2009 catalog, ex-Kendall collection. Value Points: rare model with highly-defined and characterized expression, very rare coiffure, costume includes early chatelaine with miniature cranberry glass bottle.