Sold for:
$546
$546
Montanari-type Poured Wax Sleep-Eyed Doll, England, c. 1860s, unusual blue glass sleeping eyes on rocker, closed mouth (repainted lips), head turned to left, deeply modeled shoulder plate, cloth body, wax lower limbs, lace-covered ecru taffeta dress (very unstable), lace stockings, ht. 22 in. Literature: Madeline Merrill, THE ART OF DOLLS, pp. 52 and 81, illus. 124, documented as a gift to a child in the 1860s.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2001-05-12
