I Only Wanted to Wonder

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14. Three German Porcelain Half Dolls with Dresden Flowers by Dressel & Kister 2” (5 cm.) - 5”. Each is waist up figure of adult nude woman with styled sculpted hair in the 18th century style, painted facial features, arms modeled away from body, each holding a Dresden rose, and each with variation of hair ornamentation including green bonnet or garland of flowers. Each with blue bishop’s mark of Dressel and Kister. Excellent condition with few minor typical flakes on Dresden flowers. Germany, Dressel & Kister, circa 1900. $500/800

15. Three German Porcelain Half Dolls with Arms Modeled Away 2” (5 cm.) - 4 ½”. Each is all porcelain figure of adult nude woman with sculpted grey or blonde hair in the 18th century manner, each with arms modeled away from body, and one with jointing at the shoulders and having gold beaded headband. Generally excellent. The larger two have blue bishop’s mark. Germany Dressel & Kister, circa 1900. $500/800 14.

16. Fine German Porcelain Lady Doll by KPM with Provenance 20” (51 cm.) Porcelain shoulderhead of lady with elongated oval face, slender throat, defined bosom, dark brown sculpted hair in center part, waved around the sides of forehead, covering her ears, and deeply looped into a flat chignon at the back of her head, and with well-defined brushmarks, deeplyset eye sockets, painted blue eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, aquiline nose softened by tiny turned-up tip, circle accents at nostrils, closed mouth, muslin stitch-jointed body, leather arms with stitched and separated fingers, wearing calico paisley print dress, cotton apron, attached purse, undergarments, red kidskin slippers. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: (Blue KPM mark inside shoulderplate). Comments: KPM, Berlin, circa 1840, the doll was

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