22nd Feb, 2024 12:00

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

 
  Lot 16
 

16

A rare 1850s Mademoiselle Rohmer fashionable doll

Sold for £5,000
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000


 
A rare 1850s Mademoiselle Rohmer fashionable doll, the pressed bisque swivel head on flange joint with bisque shoulder-plate, painted blue upward glancing eye with dark blue edge to iris, black painted top eyelid line, eye lashes and brows, held on with a metal pin, remains of brown mohair wig with a cork pate, kid gusseted body with blue oval stamp ‘Mme Rohmer - BREVETE SGDG PARIS’, jointed pegged wooden tops of arms with bisque forearms, cafe au lait cotton dress with bustle and train, trimmed with pleats and red detail, matching underskirt, dark brown velvet and black corduroy bonnet trimmed with ribbed silk, a red mohair muff with red silk trim and neck cord, white cotton drawers, camisole and petticoat , brown socks and red leather heeled boots with gilt buttons —16in. (41cm.) high (top of right bisque arm neatly glued, slip ridge on forehead, soles of boots, cork pate and wig with insect damage, slight damage at knee joint and other slight damage to clothing)