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big doll papier mâché head, is a museum piece, unmarked, probably Andreas Voit, Hildburghausen, around 1830/35, strong modelled shoulderhead thin covered with wax, fix inset glass eyes without pupils, open mouth, with tongue and 4 bamboo teeth, black painted hair bottom, original hairstyle that is very complex plaited, made of real hair in Adelaide stile with worked in metal threads and silk ribbon decoration, small collar made of lace and silk ribbons, probably recent, height 28 cm, with the typical thin tears in the shoulderplate that are caused of old age, with scratches and dirt on the surface, shoulderhead in front and at back at the edge a bit broken off, small old repaired place at the shoulder plate, hairstyle very dusty, extremely rare Biedermeier doll with very unusual hairstyle