Large Papier-Mache Doll Shoulder Head Doll with Glass Eyes

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Large Papier-Mache Doll Shoulder Head Doll with Glass Eyes, probably Greiner, black center-parted hair falling in thirteen curls to nape of neck, dark-brown glass eyes, slight upturned nose, closed mouth, shapely double-chin, cloth body with brown leather lower arms and individually stitched fingers, in original knee-lenth silk-net dress, sash embroidered in floral motifs, undergarments, and side-buttoned leather boots, ht. 32 in., (head varnished with original paint apparently preserved beneath, scattered paint chips to hair, costume very fragile).
Estimate $1,000-1,500

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