Designed and patented by
Ludwig Greiner of Philadelphia
Outstanding, 33+” tall, large
fully labeled
, 1858
early
GREINER papiermache shoulderhead doll:
Greiner’s/Patent Heads.
No. 12
/Patented March 30th, 1858.
with BRUNETTE  hair in all original condition. Designed and patented by
Ludwig Greiner of Philadelphia
, she has a 10″ tall shoulderhead and a wonderful, original muslin cloth body with cloth legs with shaped feet, cloth arms with
original kid leather hands
with long individual fingers. She has beautiful, deeply molded curly, black hair framing her pretty face with center-part and high forehead, (see our
blond model in separate listing, last photo, not included
) well molded and painted blue eyes with lots of detail, eyelashes, brows and sweet sweet mouth.
She wears her original, brown calico-printed, cotton gown with three-quarter sleeves and layers of charming, antique undies including long lace trimmed camisole, petticoats and brown cotton stockings and wonderful brown leather, (
flying eagle signed
) high-top shoes with scalloped tops and white glass, side buttons and signature soles. She is in excellent condition with no damages or repairs, no added painting or touchups, no cracks or chips, no stains, (some evenly faded areas on gown) holes or odors as she is from a smoke free home. She has a few very light paint scuffs and her original wonderful leather hands show wear and have been taped some time ago at the wrists. Her stuffing is still very firm
and she’ll fill up an old rocking chair very nicely!
Her companion dolls in last photos and much smaller,
Greiner labeled
, sister dolls are
not included
, each
listed separately
and shown only for comparison.
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(usually with some signs of wear due to usage and previous storage). We do our very best to describe and photograph them for you and do not repair, restring, repaint or enhance them in any way as most collectors prefer to find them in their original state. Please use the zoom feature on our photos as they are an important part of the description. We try to list our items below current book value and will consider reasonable offers and respond after the item has been listed for at least twenty-four hours.
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