113. Three Rare German Wooden Dolls with Sculpted Hats 5" (13 cm.) Each is all-wooden with one piece head and torso, painted complexion and facial features, dowel-jointed shoulders, elbows, hips and knees. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, mid19th century. Value Points: 112.
extraordinary original condition of the rare early dolls, each with painted hat, including Scottish boy 114.
with painted
blue tam decorated with tassel, painted yellow shoes; Asian man with fitted red turban having blue tassel at the back, long downward-curled moustache, painted brown stockings and black shoes; and man with painted red turban with wide white outer wrap, painted black moustache, painted yellow stockings and red shoes. $1500/2200
114. Rare Early-19th-Century English Paper Doll "Ellen, The Naughty Girl Reclaimed", 1811 4 1/2" (11 cm.) doll. A grey paper book titled "Ellen, or The Naughty Girl Reclaimed" features 18 pages of stories about the naughty little girl who finally becomes a well-behaved young lady. The story is told in a series of vignettes which correspond to the various costumes of the accompanying paper doll; there are eight different costumes or scenes. The original matching envelope which held the book, paper doll and costumes is also included. Cover worn, girl is excellent except old cello repair at back of neck; costumes, scenes and book are excellent and retain rich colors. The book is labeled S. and J. Fuller at the Temple of Fancy, Rathbone Place, and dated 1811. Very rare to find so complete and fresh from this early period. $800/1300 113.
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