A VERY RARE 18TH CENTURY CARVED AND PAINTED LIMEWOOD DOLL, WITH UNUSUAL PROTRUDING PALE BLUE EYES, EYEBROWS AND UPPER LASHES PAINTED AS SINGLE BLACK LINES, FLARED NOSTRILS, DELICATE PHILTRUM, SMILING DEEPLY CARVED LIPS WITH DIMPLES AT THE CORNERS, CLEFT CHIN AND JOINTED NECK, THE LINEN BACKED WIG SEWN WITH CIRCLES OF BROWN HAIR, SHAPED ROUND THE TEMPLES, THE TORSO CARVED WITH HIGH BREASTS, THE NIPPLES PAINTED PINK, THE MORTICE AND TENON JOINTED BODY WITH PAINTED ARMS AND SEPARATELY CARVED FINGERS WEARING ORIGINAL LINEN SHIFT AND CHINTZ SACK BACK OPEN-ROBE AND PETTICOAT PRINTED WITH CARNATIONS AND OTHER FLOWER SPRIGS, WITH PINK SILK RUFFLES AT THE NECK, CUFFS AND FRONT LACING -- 23IN. (59CM.) HIGH, CIRCA 1770 (LOWER LEG POSSIBLY REPLACED) SEE COLOUR PLATE 22
A VERY RARE 18TH CENTURY CARVED AND PAINTED LIMEWOOD DOLL, WITH UNUSUAL PROTRUDING PALE BLUE EYES, EYEBROWS AND UPPER LASHES PAINTED AS SINGLE BLACK LINES, FLARED NOSTRILS, DELICATE PHILTRUM, SMILING DEEPLY CARVED LIPS WITH DIMPLES AT THE CORNERS, CLEFT CHIN AND JOINTED NECK, THE LINEN BACKED WIG SEWN WITH CIRCLES OF BROWN HAIR, SHAPED ROUND THE TEMPLES, THE TORSO CARVED WITH HIGH BREASTS, THE NIPPLES PAINTED PINK, THE MORTICE AND TENON JOINTED BODY WITH PAINTED ARMS AND SEPARATELY CARVED FINGERS WEARING ORIGINAL LINEN SHIFT AND CHINTZ SACK BACK OPEN-ROBE AND PETTICOAT PRINTED WITH CARNATIONS AND OTHER FLOWER SPRIGS, WITH PINK SILK RUFFLES AT THE NECK, CUFFS AND FRONT LACING -- 23IN. (59CM.) HIGH, CIRCA 1770 (LOWER LEG POSSIBLY REPLACED) SEE COLOUR PLATE 22
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