22nd Feb, 2024 12:00

The Important Private Antique Doll Collection of Austin Smith and Margaret Harkin - Part 1

 
Lot 18
 

18

A fine German bisque shoulder-head lady doll with flowers in hair

Sold for £300
Estimated at £400 - £600


 
A fine German bisque shoulder-head lady doll with flowers in hair, possibly Dornheim, Koch & Fischer, very fine features with blue painted eyes with white highlight dot, red eyelid line, narrow sharp nose, small slightly smiling mouth painted with slight gap, blonde painted single stroke eyebrows, exposed ears, blonde painted hair in large waves around the face and held in a chignon at the nape, bisque flowers and gold bears in hair, old stuffed body with cream silk dress, underclothes, net stockings and white kid home-made boots with blue cotton laces —16in. (41cm.) high (slight good restoration to flowers, slight moth nibbles to front of dress)