one small split at bottom shoulderplate. Comments: Germany, circa 1840. Value Points: rare coiffure, original body, original finish. $500/800
356. German Wooden Doll as Shepherdess in Original Box, with Sheep 5" (13 cm.) One-piece wooden head and shapely torso, heavy gesso sculpting over wood-base face and hair with painted complexion, hair and facial features, black hair drawn into chignon at the
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nape, painted blue eyes, wooden limbs with articulation at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, and wearing antique shepherdess costume. Condition: generally excellent, original finish, some light craquelure on shoulder plate. Comments: Germany, circa 1850, an unusual construction. Value Points: the rare doll is presented in original bent wood box, with five paper-mache lambs with wool coats, brass horns. $1200/1600
356.1. German Wooden Doll as Fortune-Teller for the French Market 7" (18 cm.) Carved wooden head and shapely torso with sculpted black hair arranged in ringlet curls and chignon, painted features, dowel-jointed shoulders and elbows. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, mide-19th 355.
355. German Paper-Mache Doll with Ornate Coiffure
century for the French market. Value Points: the doll has original finish and costume,
13" (33 cm.) Paper-mache shoulder head of
comprising velvet fitted
adult lady with sculpted black hair arranged
jacket and whhite tall
in high topknot and with arranged pouf
hat trimmed with old Dresden papers and black net skirt covering a "skirt" of folded paper fortunes with ink-written messages.
curls at each side of face, painted facial
$500/700
features, large blue eyes, painted features,
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closed mouth with slight smile, slender
357. Two Small Grodnertal Wooden Dolls in Original Costumes
kid body with wooden lower arms and
6" (15 cm.) and 9". The all-wooden dolls have painted black hair and facial features, articulation at shoulders, elbows, hips and
legs, original paper bands at kid/wood
knees. Condition: very good overall. Comments: Grodnertal, circa 1850. Value Points: the two petite dolls wearing their original
junctions. Condition: generally excellent,
costumes, one carrying sewing basket and the other carrying a tiny Grodnertal doll $400/600
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