The Elegant Berlin Lady, circa 1830s, hand-coloured lithographed paper doll game, comprising two cut-out double-sided cardboard figures of a young lady (identical), showing her in a petticoat standing on a carpet, two wooden bases with slots, and twenty-two double-sided overlays heightened with gum arabic (eight gowns, five capes, a floor-length wedding veil, and eight bonnets), one or two minor edge-tears, plus a smaller double-sided hand-coloured gown overlay and matching bonnet, contained in original cardboard box, pull-off lid with hand-coloured pictorial label, toned and slightly rubbed, contemporary inscription on base 'For sweet little Mary from her affectionate Aunt Sarah' Provenance: From the library of Percy H. Muir. Rare. (1)
The Elegant Berlin Lady, circa 1830s, hand-coloured lithographed paper doll game, comprising two cut-out double-sided cardboard figures of a young lady (identical), showing her in a petticoat standing on a carpet, two wooden bases with slots, and twenty-two double-sided overlays heightened with gum arabic (eight gowns, five capes, a floor-length wedding veil, and eight bonnets), one or two minor edge-tears, plus a smaller double-sided hand-coloured gown overlay and matching bonnet, contained in original cardboard box, pull-off lid with hand-coloured pictorial label, toned and slightly rubbed, contemporary inscription on base 'For sweet little Mary from her affectionate Aunt Sarah' Provenance: From the library of Percy H. Muir. Rare. (1)
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