#164

German Bisque Glass-Eyed Miniature Lady as Sewing Companion
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$750
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Description
7" (18 cm.) Bisque shoulderhead, blonde sculpted hair in short arranged curls, blue glass inset eyes, painted lashes, closed mouth, muslin body, bisque lower arms and legs, painted pink lustre ankle boots. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1875. Value Points: the lady with rare glass eyes and lustre boots, wears original costume, and was designed as a "Sewing Companion", with pincushion hat, pocket with needles, and with scissors and thimble, posed on original base.