Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes and brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with accented lips, pierced ears, kid poupee body with gusset-jointing at elbows, hips and knees.

14 1/2" (37cm) tall
Condition: generally excellent.

Marked 1. on the head and both shoulders, paper label at the foot.

Gaultier, circa 1870. Value Points: wearing original nun's habit with elaborate Malte cross and rosary.

P.S. Short history
History of Malta's Orden give the year 1153 as the official date for the establishment of the Order’s female branch: it was then that Pope Eugene III approved the Sijena convent community, founded by Queen Sancha of Aragon, widow of Alfonso II, and her daughter Dulce. Thus one of the oldest communities of nuns in Christendom was born. At the beginning they were exclusively relatives of the Knights of the Order with the specific mission to pray for them all and for the Grand Master. As in the other monasteries in previous centuries, the nuns were called “Sorores” (like “Fratres” for the Knights).

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