A Wonderful Late 19thC French Carved & Polychrome Painted Doll; ‘Emile’ with Accompanying Photographs sub-Antiques Soleus and Peroneus

Soleus and Peroneus

in true eighteenth-century sensibilité style

the leather lower lip moves all the way down to reveal white-painted teeth

Her costume is tired and has some discolouration to parts with some small fays and tears and the original silk black shoes are tatty

which is used ever so sparingly to accentuate parts of the architecture and the flowering plant to the center

A Wonderful Late 19thC French Carved & Polychrome Painted Doll; ‘Emile’ with Accompanying Photographs sub-Antiques Soleus and PeroneusOrigin: French Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1875 89 Height: 14 inches Width: 4 inches (at shoulders) The enchanting nineteenth century French carved and polychrome painted wood and composition doll named "Emile" with moveable head having glass eyes and presented in his original clothes comprising of tartan check suit with matching black waistcoat and black and white striped enamel buttons and silk black shoes presented