An English bisque shoulder head doll, modelled as a Gypsy, t...

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£150 - £250

An English bisque shoulder head doll, modelled as a Gypsy, the bisque head with painted features including blue intaglio eyes, brown eyebrows, red lips and blush red cheeks, moulded blonde hair and moulded green bonnet, partially stuffed cloth body, impressed marks '3½, REG APPLIED FOR GIPSY, ENGLISH MAKE', 30cm high; together with a pictorial cardboard box, the lid illustrated with a portrait of a Gypsy

For a similar example see Benn, Pollock's History of English Dolls & Toys (Ernest Benn Limited) ISBN0-510-00049-5 page 78.