Wax Doll circa 1880
02 May 2018
Description

Wax doll. 25" Excellent condition. Eyes open and close. Original clothing. The outer garment is silk. The undergarments are finally hand made lace and linen. The doll comes in a wooden box made by my great grandfather.

Provenance

This doll was given to my great aunt from her great aunt prior to turn of the century. The doll may have found its way from Ely, England but was given to my aunt in Oradell, NJ

Acquired from
Inherited
For sale
Yes
Answered within about 3 hours
By Nora Curl
May 02, 19:26 UTC
Fair Market Value
$2,500 - $4,000 USD
Insurance Value $0 USD
What does this mean?

This is a fairly large, 25" tall, antique, 3rd quarter 19th century, about 1880s, wax poured over composition doll with sleeper eyes in original period costume with a later custom made folk art box with antique US Flag lined interior, all in excellent condition. Without a maker mark or label, where this was made cannot be definitively stated. The majority of dolls of this type were produced in France and Germany, with some manufacturers in England at that time. The antique and collectible doll market is currently slumped. Dolls do not sell for what they used to sell for a few decades ago and the market was further impacted by the Recession. On today’s market, your doll could sell for
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