Sold for:
$1,528
$1,528
Small Early Shell Doll Holding a Dog, Continental, probably early 19th century, wax shoulder head with with painted features (one shell eye remains), fabric hat over cotton wool wig, the woman wearing a long draped dress totally covered in tiny brown seeds or shells with white apron covered in petal-shaped slivers of mother-of-pearl, standing on a shell-covered base, holding a small shell-covered spaniel-type dog, (minimal shell loss), ht. 7; housed in an oblong footed wooden-based tapered glass dome, overall 5 x 10 x 12 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2003-04-12
