A Mid 19thC English Wax Over Papier-Mâché Doll

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A Mid 19thC English Wax Over Papier-Mâché DollOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1850 70 Height: 19 inches Width: 4. 5 inches (at shoulders) The mid nineteenth century English polychrome painted wax over papier mch doll with fixed head, lacking hair, with brown glass eyes, painted press moulded features, on a cloth body, with pale pink leather lower arms with fingers. The condition of the doll is hugely evocative of her life thus far and as such she

yellow and white showland paint on a ruby red ground

as television became more widely available

A person born with a caul or tail

The reverse shows remnants of the original paper backing and an early twentieth century label reading ‘Diocesan Registry

In northern Europe

though exuding more of a sense of meekness and submissiveness than her husband

25 x 4 inches

to watch over the property

and away they sailed up toward the clouds

dashing suddenly upon any unsuspecting birds

Height: 32

and points were occasionally tipped with aiguillettes or aiglets of precious metals