Three very rare English poured wax Aaronic Kohen (Jewish) dolls circa 1900,
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Three very rare English poured wax Aaronic Kohen (Jewish) dolls circa 1900, comprising Kohen Gadol (High Priest), Kohen (Priest) and Levite, each with poured wax head with inserted white hair, beards, eyelashes and brows, stitched through the wax neck to a stuffed white cotton body with poured wax limbs, each in original robes, the Kohen Gadol with white robe, a tunic heavily embroidered with light blue, red and purple wool with gilt thread trim, a ‘Priestly Breastplate’ applied with twelve different colour bead ‘gems’, a blue sleeveless robes the hem with brass bells and pom-poms and a ‘Priestly Headplate’ and turban inscribed with the words ‘Holy unto YHWH’ —23in. (58.5cm.) high; the Kohen in similar white robes and turban with embroidered crossing breast and waist sash and leather sandals and the Levite in simple white robes and turban and one shoe, two in original boxes and one with box lid only, three inside lid labels state ‘This Model is the property of Mrs John R Whyberd’, 308 Crystal Palace Rd, S.E. 22.’ and another printed label on one lid for ‘Copsend, 56 Chipstead Lane, Lower Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey’ (Gadol with bruised nose and three shoes missing, some ageing) - these are most probably exhibition pieces
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Three very rare English poured wax Aaronic Kohen (Jewish) dolls circa 1900,
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