.jpg?w=1)
CIRCA 1865
Details
A GLAZED CASE CONTAINING A WAX-OVER PAPIER-MACHE DOLL
CIRCA 1865
With inset dark glass eyes, moulded yellow hat, curls of hair over ears, wooden feet and composition hands, wearing an original purple dress with white stitched decoration and a hide-covered ewe with red ribbon and bell, the surround worked with shredded paper flowers on a shell-encrusted base, distressed
15 in. (38.1 cm.) x 12¼ in. (31.1 cm.)
CIRCA 1865
With inset dark glass eyes, moulded yellow hat, curls of hair over ears, wooden feet and composition hands, wearing an original purple dress with white stitched decoration and a hide-covered ewe with red ribbon and bell, the surround worked with shredded paper flowers on a shell-encrusted base, distressed
15 in. (38.1 cm.) x 12¼ in. (31.1 cm.)
Provenance
Christie's London, 27 May 1970, lot 68
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis