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Lot 116:
Description
A collection of six vintage composition and plastic dolls comprising a variety of figures in traditional and narrative dress. The group includes a tall gentleman in Dickensian attire featuring a green velvet tailcoat with gold trim, a black top hat, a white cravat, and white trousers. A street vendor figure is dressed in a yellow fleece jacket with a red scarf and grey corduroy trousers, holding a metal scoop with painted chestnuts and a gold foil cone. A carol singer figure is depicted with closed eyes and an open mouth, wearing red trousers and a dark jacket while holding a white paper prop. The folk dolls include a Greek figure in a maroon bodice with gold trim and a light green apron, and a European male figure in a white patterned tunic with a ribbon-decorated hat. A miniature soldier in a red tunic completes the collection. The tall gentleman figure bears a handwritten black ink mark resembling a cursive S on the left trouser leg.
Height: 30 cm
Height: 10 cm.
Condition report:
A handwritten ink mark is visible on the trouser leg of the tall gentleman figure (photo 2). The miniature soldier exhibits paint loss and scuffing to the hair (photo 4). The paper prop held by the carol singer shows age-related staining and yellowing (photo 4). The collection displays general surface dust and minor fraying to fabric edges (photo 1).
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