Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2476Location: MarlboroughDate / Time: October 10, 2009 11:00AM
Description:
Admiral Portrait Doll, Cuno & Otto Dressel, Germany, c. 1900, bisque socket head, molded and painted gray hair, brows and mustache, brown painted intaglio eyes, closed mouth, realistic portrait features with decorated furrowed brow, age lines and large nose, on a five-piece jointed composition body with molded black boots, wearing a wool rear admiral's full dress uniform and matching papier-mache hat, ht. 13.5 in., (excellent).
Estimate $1,500-2,000
excellent