A mere 12" ( 31cm ) but very impressive, this German blond parian shoulder head is of the finest quality with her soft blue painted eyes with expressive painted upper and lower lashes, multistroke eyebrows, soft hairstyle of wavy blond curls pulled back off her forehead and covering just the top of her ears, all held in place by a painted black hair band with gold lustre edging in front and back, molded and painted gold lustre drop earrings and a black painted band holding a gold lustre cross . Although completely unmarked, she has the look and the eye painting technique found on the earliest of the Simon& Halbig dolls. She is on her original stuffed muslin body with fine quality perfect parian forearms and parian legs with molded and painted white stockings and molded boots with high heels, black painted heels and toes and gray in the center with blue painted top edging and drop tassles. The original two piece period striped silk dress is worthy of the finest French Fashion doll of the same period. SOLD

Charmingly naive in it's appeal, and yet exquisitely made and assembled, the pedlar doll , unlike most, is an older child and not an ancient and shriveled old hag. Dating form the early 1850's, the doll itself is a German wax-over -papier-mâché shoulder head wearing the original dark human hair wig, having pupiless brown glass eyes, and mounted on a cloth body with rolled cloth arms. She wears an original white cotton blouse and pink printed cotton dress, a black silk antique bonnet and a red felt cape. The antique wares she is hawking consist many of sewing supplies such as yarn, ribbons, sewing and knitting needles, etc. and are beautifully arranged. The actual doll stands 13" ( 33 cm ), but she has been inserted into the black wooden base of a tall glass dome for display and protection. One could leave her this way, or she could be removed from the dome if so desired. The dome itself is 16" ( 41cm ) tall from base to the top. US$ 975.

It is rare to found a factory dressed parian doll as a boy or gentlemen, so we were pleased to find this charming young boy of apparent means so elegantly attired in a jacket with short waist in front with a split in back at the waist with two long coat panels coming out on each side to the knees, and having a wide flaring high collar totally covering his neck area and the lower part of his hair in back. The jacket is secured in front by two large brass buttons. Underneath his striped silk vest is the original white muslin shirt. He wears long trousers made from the same material as the jacket and a wide pleated black satin cummerbund at the waist. The shoes are antique black oilcloth with pewter colored buckles ( one missing ), and in his hand he carries a long walking stick with wrapped leather near the top and having a faux ivory carved dog's head handle. The fine quality bisque shoulder head has blue glass fixed eyes and well detailed wavy molded yellow hair. The body is old stuffed muslin with finely detained antique bisque forearms ( missing a thumb on the left hand ). US$ 595.

22 ( 55cm ) unmarked parian shoulderhead doll with blue glass stationary eyes, painted upper and lower eyelashes and molded upper eyelids, multistroke eyebrows, closed mouth with " beestung " upper lip, accented nostrils, rouged cheeks, wavy molded yellow hair, parted in the center with gentle curls in back and off the neck, pierced-in ears, and mounted on an antique stuffed muslin body with white leather forearms. She wears antique undergarments and black cloth slippers, an off the shoulder pleated printed cotton dress with narrow lace waist band, and antique metal earrings and necklace with a three " jeweled " pendant. This is a lovely example of the quintessential early 1870's young lady in exquisite overall condition. US$ 1,800.

Offered here is an early German parian head only, sometimes referred to as " Empress Eugenie ". What is rare about this piece is that this is normally found as a glazed porcelain head rather than as a parian. She has blond hair held in place by a snood consisting of a thick blue hair band with four smaller alternating areas of pink and blue and a black hairnet in back. The head stands 2 3/4" ( 7cm ) tall and the shoulder is almost paper thin in texture and has a minor factory irregularity on the right shoulder edge but not a later damage. US$ 495.