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<p>[QUOTE="judy, post: 143269, member: 965"]This link might help you. It's difficult to tell from the picture if she is poured, or rather wax over papier mache or compo. I believe that the hair inserts indicate a better quality doll, which your doll has the inserts around the face. Whether or not the entire head is done this way, only you can tell since you have her in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have only ever had one wax head doll. Part of her hair was inserted around the face, such as yours. She was waxed over compo. I did sell her a few years back....less than $100. Not particularly well dressed, and she was a small doll....around 12".</p><p><br /></p><p>Your doll looks to be poured, but again, difficult to tell from the pictures, and I'm not all that familiar with the characteristics of wax dolls. It is too bad that the old doll board isn't very active anymore.</p><p><a href="http://collectdolls.about.com/od/dollprofiles/p/waxdolls.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://collectdolls.about.com/od/dollprofiles/p/waxdolls.htm" rel="nofollow">http://collectdolls.about.com/od/dollprofiles/p/waxdolls.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="judy, post: 143269, member: 965"]This link might help you. It's difficult to tell from the picture if she is poured, or rather wax over papier mache or compo. I believe that the hair inserts indicate a better quality doll, which your doll has the inserts around the face. Whether or not the entire head is done this way, only you can tell since you have her in hand. I have only ever had one wax head doll. Part of her hair was inserted around the face, such as yours. She was waxed over compo. I did sell her a few years back....less than $100. Not particularly well dressed, and she was a small doll....around 12". Your doll looks to be poured, but again, difficult to tell from the pictures, and I'm not all that familiar with the characteristics of wax dolls. It is too bad that the old doll board isn't very active anymore. [URL]http://collectdolls.about.com/od/dollprofiles/p/waxdolls.htm[/URL][/QUOTE]
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