A Mid 19thC English Wax Over Papier-Mâché Doll sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles and with no expense spared

and with no expense spared in his creation

They were intended as decoy ships

It was important that a death mask was made as soon as possible after death so that the character of the deceased was captured before the features started to fall

forms several alloys and many medicinal salts

having a ladder back with arched top rail

A Mid 19thC English Wax Over Papier-Mâché Doll sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles and with no expense sparedOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1850 70 Height: 19 inches Width: 4. 5 inches (at shoulders) The mid nineteenth century English polychrome painted wax over papier mch doll with fixed head, lacking hair, with brown glass eyes, painted press moulded features, on a cloth body, with pale pink leather lower arms with fingers. The condition of the doll is hugely evocative of her life thus far and as such she