22nd Feb, 2024 12:00

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

 
Lot 41
 

41

A rare Simon & Halbig fashionable doll with twill covered wooden articulated body 1870s

Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £400 - £600


 

A rare Simon & Halbig fashionable doll with twill covered wooden articulated body 1870s, the German copy of Anqueulle’s body called ‘Maquette’, the poured bisque swivel head with blue striated glass eyes, black eyeliner, brown feathered brows, pink painted mouth with darker pink detail, ears pierced into the head, cork pate with remains of skin and blonde mohair wig, bisque shoulders, jointed wooden body covered in twill with modelled toes, bisque forearms, pink silk dress with lace trim, muslin petticoat with train visible at the back of pink dress, lace cap and underclothes —14 1/2in. (37cm.) high (very feint hairline to forehead and right arm restored, wig moth damaged, dress trying and some staining to body)