Approximately 23 inches tall, The doll is made of a thick porcelain head, hands, and legs. She has black curly painted hair, very fair white skin, and blushed cheeks. She has blue eyes and painted lips. Her legs have painted blue ribbons around the bottom of her knees and her Victorian boot heels are painted black with white bottoms. She is wearing a red flower Victorian dress with lace on the top edges and around her wrists. She also has a matching bonnet. She has some undergarment pants that appears to be era appropriate. Her body, arms, and legs are stuffed pretty dense with what feels to be hay of some sort wrapped with pink fabric. Although I do not see any markings on the porcelain, she does have two holes on the back where strings are attached to the body. It’s interesting to note that there is a third hole mark in the center of the other two holes but is not drilled through. Don’t know if this is a manufacturing defect or if it’s meant to be like that. She is overall in “LIKE NEW” condition with no chips, cracks, scratches, etc,.. I’m curious to know more about her, where she came from and of course how much she’s worth. Thank you in advance for your help.
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Hi Edgar, Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry. Stylistically, this doll is 19th Century but the condition is too new; suspiciously new. The holes in the porcelain shoulders are too crisp, the fabric body is too clean and the limbs look like they havent' seen the light of day, much less ever been played with. Did the auction house you acquired this from give you any history or reason why it looks so "good"? Thanks to confirm, Delia
