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Description
18" (46 cm.) Poured wax shoulderhead with honey-toned complexion, cobalt blue glass inset eyes, well-defined eye socks, lightly tinted brows, nostrils, and lips of closed mouth, light brown delicately inserted tendrils of hair, original softly-stuffed muslin body, poured wax arms and legs, bare feet. Condition: generally excellent, lips faded. Comments: English, circa 1865. Value Points: beautiful gentle-featured doll with soft curly wig, original body, wearing original costume of cream fabric with red silk ruffles and inset panels accented with cream soutache, and with matching reticule and hooded cape, undergarments, leather slippers.