Lot 1
An early 19th century poured wax shoulder-headed doll, with blue glass eyes and pale blonde hair, cloth over composition (?) upper body, cloth lower body, cloth upper limbs with wax lower limbs in an exquisite ivory silk dress finely embroidered in silver and gold metal thread and decorated with chenille flowers and foliage, trimmed with lace to the collar, bodice, wrists and hem, the dress inset cotton panel at the back, original white cotton undergarment trimmed with lace. 20in. (51cm.) high. Crack to shoulder plate; forefingers on both hands missing; chip to left heel and cracks to left leg. Shattering to silk dress.
