22nd Feb, 2024 12:00

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

 
  Lot 88
 

88

A late 19th century Gaultier male shoulder-head fashionable doll

Sold for £750
Estimated at £800 - £1,000


 
A late 19th century Gaultier male shoulder-head fashionable doll, poured bisque with blue glass eyes, dark edge to iris, heavy brown brow, closed slightly smiling mouth, pierced ears, black mohair wig on cork pate, F.G. in cartouche on shoulders, straight legged cloth body with gusseted kid arms, black felt double-breasted tail coat with velvet collar, high wing white cotton shirt, ribbed beige trousers, black leather shoes, red silk bow-tie, toy pocket watch on chain, felt top hat and outsized briar pipe —18 1/2in. (47cm.) high (a little damage to clothes) - inside his head was a folded French newspaper dated 18??