Lot Essay
Newhaven is a fishing village outside Edinburgh, the women were a famous sight as they walked the streets selling herrings door to door in their distinctive dress.
Details
A bisque shoulder-headed Newhaven fishwife doll
with closed mouth, painted blue eyes, moulded short blonde curls and stuffed body with bisque limbs dressed in striped skirt and underskirt, money apron, black jacket, red shawl and two creels strapped to her back, circa 1880 --12in. (31cm.) high (damage to right leg and part missing); and a pressure-operated composition two-faced clown/black man cymbal player --14½in. (37cm.) high (some lifting to head)
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with closed mouth, painted blue eyes, moulded short blonde curls and stuffed body with bisque limbs dressed in striped skirt and underskirt, money apron, black jacket, red shawl and two creels strapped to her back, circa 1880 --12in. (31cm.) high (damage to right leg and part missing); and a pressure-operated composition two-faced clown/black man cymbal player --14½in. (37cm.) high (some lifting to head)
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