Antique Huge Germany 29” Center Part w/ Deep Black Curls China Doll in Blue

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Antique Huge Germany 29”  Center Part w/ Deep Black Curls China Doll in Blue Dress
This exceptionally large china doll was in my husband's grandmother's collection.
She is 29” tall and her head circumference is 13-3/4”.
She is marked “10” on the lower center of her back with “Germany” arching over the 10 like a rainbow.
The word Germany is very very faint but it is there.
She is clearly very old as she has areas where the black paint of her hair is worn down to the white porcelain (see photos).
Best I can tell, she is probably an 1870s-1880s German china doll.
I’m sure her hair style has a particular name (of which I’m unfamiliar) but it is distinctive because of the thin center part and very prominent curls on top.
She gazes slightly upward with her blue eyes, and her chin actually has a tiny dimple. Other than a few tiny “pepper flakes” on her head, her porcelain is in perfect condition.
I can find no evidence of chips, hairline cracks, crazing or repairs on any part of her body.
Her short black “boots” are painted on her legs with great striped detail at the ankles, brown soles, and blue bows with blue/pink flowers beneath her knees.
Her head is sewn onto her body with only several loops of thick old string.
Much like the top of her head, her baby blue dress with cream lace is faded and showing its age.
There are 3-4 separations at seams where the lace meets the cloth that could be easily repaired.
The dress really looks aged at her back and there are some spots on the upper right sleeve (see photos).
She wears three layers of clothes as pictured.
Her underdress has lace at the bottom as do her bloomers.
Her cloth body has age spots as one might well expect for a doll well over 100 years old.
Her hips are so wide that her bloomers do not come off but I can see no evidence of any concerns underneath them.  She appears a little bit bow legged as her right leg juts out somewhat where her leg joins the porcelain.
Her last three homes in our family have been non-smoking; no odor.
Photos should be considered part of the description.
As is.
She will be wrapped very safely for shipping with tracking or is available for pickup in Downtown Houston.
Please e-mail any questions.
I am only the inheritor of a doll collection but I will do my best to answer.
Antique Huge Germany 29” Center Part w/ Deep Black Curls China Doll in Blue.