22nd Feb, 2024 12:00

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

 
Lot 38
 

38

An unmarked early fashionable doll with solid domed head

Sold for £500
Estimated at £600 - £800


 
An unmarked early fashionable doll with solid domed head, probably Francois Gaultier with Huret type painted blue eyes with black eyeliner and eye lashes, grey painted single stroke eyebrows, delicately painted mouth, moulded ears, double chin, solid domed head with grey curly mohair wig, gusseted kid body, cream and pale blue two-part dress, fur trimmed bonnet, underclothes and white kid shoes —16 1/2in. (42cm.) high (missing two fingers and slight damage to body)