#331

German Portrait Doll of Shirley Temple with Sculpted Curly Hair
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$300
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Description
15" (38 cm.) Earthenware socket head with sculpted very full short curly hair, blue glass inset eyes, ochre eyeshadow, blushed cheeks, feathered brows, closed mouth with row of painted teeth, composition and wooden body with jointing at shoulders, elbows and hips, nicely costumed. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 1450/3/0. Comments: Germany, circa 1935. Value Points: rare doll indubitably portraying the child film star, Shirley Temple.