Processional Virgin, bisque head, terracotta hands, soft body stuffed with straw, sulphide eyes, original dress and socks. The Virgin rests on its original base in gilded wood.
18th century,
Italy
Virgin in polychrome carved wood.
18th century,
Naples, Italy.
Collector’s doll, polychrome papier-mâché head from the Voit house
Body in wood and fabrics. The lines of the hand are sculpted.
A tiny manikin with a lace collar, a marvelous primitive and deliciously refined painter’s manikin.
Face and hands finely sculpted and polychromed, lace collar, bracelet in coral and eyes in sulphide.
In one word … a marvel
Circa 1900
Italy
Christmas cribs
wooden sculpted manikin,
glass eyes,
17th century,
Genova, Italy.
Sculpted and articulated manikin,
Painted face
19th century
Articulated and sculpted artist’s mannequin, with a very fine face, hands and feet.
One finger missing on the left hand.
Sculpted and articulated mannequin, maybe a woman ? The breasts and knees particularly modeled. Circa 1800.