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Blond Hair Parian 15 1/2" |
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Molded Blue Bow $595. |
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Having a molded blue bow molded on her blond, parian head of curls makes this very pale early girl with painted eyes and rosy cheeks all the more special. Her almost white face and shoulders is carried through to her pale china lower arms and legs, and she has molded black, multi-strap boots. The left lower leg has had a break and reglue that is hidden under the skirt. |
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Another nice feature adding to her pulled back curls, are her exposed ears. Her antique cloth body is jointed at the shoulder and hips so she can easily sit or stand. She is wearing a cotton, antique dress with eyelet trim and blue silk ribbon encircling the skirt. Undergarment are antique as well. |
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Early Continental Doll 27" |
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Composite over Wood $6,950. |
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As with many early dolls from the European continent, this intriguing wooden female most probably started out as a creche or religious figure and with some style and grooming changes over the centuries, now stands as a refined lady. She looks to be French from the late 18th century with a very expressive face having enamel eyes, character features, and detailed molding of facial structure and ears. Her antique long, mohair wig is an addition and not original, covered by an antique lace mob cap.. |
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| Head and shoulder are stationary and the material is a wood/paper/gesso composite over a layer of carved wood underneath. The cloth upper arms are jointed at the shoulder and are composite from the elbow to the hands. The rest of the body is wood with a painted gesso surface jointed at the hips and knees, painted white stockings and cared footwear. The doll cannot reach a full sitting position as the jointing is stiff. Her undergarments are antique with the pantaloons actually looking as old as she is, however the dress is made in the 21st century with old fabrics. Her face has had professional, conservative touch up to retain her stately and regal presence. |
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Rare Paper Mache Squeaker $795. |
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Seldom seen, early paper mache squeaker(6 1/4") from 1860 Germany with attached hat, and abdominal squeaker that actually works! The upper and lower body, separated by a muslin spacer, need to be pushed towards each other gently to sound the faint cry. The chubby face has painted features and the wavy short hair painted brown, while the yellow hat with blue ribbon has some wear at the front and back edges. The simple muslin chemise is original and the molded yellow boots have black button detail. |
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Rare Paper Mache Squeaker |
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Alice Hairdo $650. |
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A German, paper mache squeaker from approximately 1860 that retains much of her original charm, but her squeaker no longer works due to holes in the muslin spacing fabric between her upper and lower paper mache body. She has a timely "Alice" molded hairstyle, dark brown painted hair with hairband, a painted feature, chubby face and brown molded bootines. Her muslin print chemise is worn, but original and the muslin skirt was added later. |
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Kling Bisque Lady 23 1/2" |
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Molded Collar and Fancy Hair ON LAYAWAY |
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The molded detail on this bisque head lady goes on and on, starting with her elaborately styled, blond up-do with cascading molded curls down the back, then forward onto her forehead, and topped with a black molded feather hair ornament. She has blue paperweight eyes (uneven spot on center top right eyelid), gently full lips with dark accent line, pale bisque complexion with soft decoration of features, evenly blushed cheeks, and pierced ears. Her high profile collar has white on white molding that imitates a fancy lace ruffle and on that is applied a molded bisque yellow rose with dark green molded leaves (one leaf edge chipped off). |
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The rest of the shoulders represent a white blouse, incised 144 9 one the back, and is mounted on her original cloth body, stamped "Made in Germany" that has molded bisque arms, delicately posed hands, and bisque lower legs that have molded, ribbed stockings and brown shoes with molded straps and rosettes. There is a factory reddish firing line on the front of her right leg. Her antique, deep emerald green satin suit is embellished with black jet bead trim. |
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Early Tuck Comb 12 1/2" |
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Grodnertal Wooden in Box LOST BY USPS - GONE |
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Reclining in her bent wood container, this endearing Grodnertal wooden doll looks quite comfortable and very well preserved. She has a yellow painted tuck comb, black hair trimmed with spiraled wisps of bangs around the forehead, an egg shaped head with all her little painted features placed on the bottom half of her face, typical of these early girls. Only her nose has some restoration and there are only spots of wear to her fair complexion, while she retains her blushed cheeks and pierced earrings. Her expression is unusually sweet! |
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Her body is completely of wood, jointed at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, for full articulation, both her lower arms and legs have finished surfaces, and she has the signature cadmium red painted slippers. Her clothing is completely original to her 1820's time of production, and consists of a sheer, light lavender on white cotton print dress, with highly puffed upper sleeves that made fashion news around this time. In addition, her delicate muslin cotton slip and pantaloons are original and all clothing is in very nice condition. |
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