22nd Feb, 2024 12:00

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

 
  Lot 147
 

147

A rare 19th century French pressed bisque swivel head fashionable doll bonbonniere

Sold for £900
Estimated at £800 - £1,200


 
A rare 19th century French pressed bisque swivel head fashionable doll bonbonniere, with fixed grey/blue glass eyes, darker edge to iris, light brown feathered brow, pink mouth with darker pink detail, pierced ears, cork pate with white mohair 18th century style wig, back of head impressed 2, unusual shoulder plate with breast bones, breasts and shoulders with a solid end, similar to Cordonnier’s ‘statuette’ dolls, fixed full-length bisque arms, one bent and one outstretched with animated fingers, stuffed torso, attached to card skirt, lifting to reveal a reveal a sweet holder and original label ‘7 B. Des Capuccines, Paris, BOISSSER, Confiseur’ on wooden rigid legs, original 18th century style pale green, pink and cream open robe, lace cuffs, pleated trim and fixed to dome base —18 1/2in. (47cm.) height including wig and base (needs reassembling, currently pinned, bent arm badly restored at elbow, tiny chip to top back of shoulders at head joint, some aging and dusty)