A rare mid 19th century German papier-mache shoulder-head doll with elaborate hair, with head leant slightly to the right, brown painted eyes, a sad or pensive expression, black painted and moulded centre-parted long hair with a bunch of four ringlets at the sides falling onto the shoulders, the hair then scraped back into a plaited bunt with two plaited loops hanging down, stuffed cotton body with pale pink glazed cotton hands, pale green muslin dress with pink trim and puffed sleeves, coarse cotton chemise and white cotton pantaloons and light brown kid lace up boots —18 3/4in. (48cm.) high (age dirt and discolouration)