SALE 23" Antique Blond ABG Child China Head Doll

Dolls : Antique : China

 

This 23" tall sweet blond child china head doll was made by the German company Alt Beck & Gottschalck in the late 1800s. She has a sweet expression and head full of well modeled blond curls. There are faintly visible impressed model and size numbers along the bottom edge of the back of the shoulder plate, however they are so glaze filled that I can't read them. She has a very patched old commercial body, but shoulder head, hands and limbs are all intact and in good condition. The legs have brown painted boots and slightly textured legs to simulate stockings. The hands are cupped and have separate thumbs.

Her clothing consists of a semi sheer cotton skirt with a pattern of raised dots, a long cotton night gown that doubles as blouse and petticoat when worn under the skirt, a simple white cotton camisole top with a woven window pane pattern, and a lovely blue silk velvet coat with cream satin and blue rope edging. She also has a small gold plated bar pin with the initial N. The pin takes the place of a missing button at the top.

Condition: All china parts are in good condition. The torso of the body has been patched/recovered at the top where the shoulder plate attaches down to the waist. and again where the lower legs attach. The cloth part of the legs has been internally relined and reattached. The cloth uppers of the arms have been replaced but these are the original arms The internal wire in the torso has left a stain and weak area on one still uncovered part of the torso. Admirable effort has been made to retain as much of the original body of this doll despite the effects of time.

Simply a lovely child china doll. You just have to love her.

Item ID: Oabg309

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