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#411025 Brown-eyed Chinas
Delicate Child Round Face Kestner China
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Circa: 1860
Height: 25 inches
Manufacturer: Kestner & Co.
Sweetest expression lady china with very rosy cheeks. Hairstyle high onto forehead with spitcurls at sides of temples. Original hard sawdust-stuffed muslin body with cloth feet & hands with tiny individually stitched fingers. Wears antique ivory lawn dress with faint thread line through fabric. Typical Kestner & Co facial features: long curved one-stroke eyebrows, white highlight on left side of each iris odf eyes, & slightly smiling mouth w/space between uper & lowers lips. Shown pg 54, "Identifying German chinas, 1840-1930" by Mary Gorham Krombholz. Price $425

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