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19" (48 cm.) Solid domed paper mache shoulder head of adult lady with heart-shaped face, elongated throat, and modeled bosom, black enamel eyes, painted upper lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with center accent line, black painted hair with feathering around the forehead, sculpted brushmarks and sculpted braided chignon with painted gold comb, and with brunette human hair curls at the sides centered by a gold metal comb, kid lady body with shapely torso, fine antique dress, undergarments, leather slippers. Condition: generally excellent, fine original complexion and paint is well-preserved, some very minor craquelure and one corner re-glue on shoulderplate. Marks: G.K. XX (impressed inside shoulder plate). Comments: maker unknown, circa 1825. Value Points: rarity factors include most unusual coiffure which combines sculpted and human hair, glass eyes, beautiful presence, early costume; the doll is shown in Grafnitz's German Paper Mache Dolls, page, 74. Ex-collection Estelle Johnston.