Rare German Porcelain Doll in Sanitary Commission Fair Costume

13" (33 cm.) Porcelain shoulderhead, black sculpted hair in short curls, painted blue eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, closed mouth, muslin stitch-jointed body, red leather arms. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1860, the doll was presented at a Sanitary Commission Fair in the early 1860s, designed to raise funds in order to supply much needed goods for soldiers; in some instances the dolls were raffled, such as at an 1861 Sanitary Commission fair in Baltimore whose records stated "shares for a wax doll sold for $1". Value Points: the rare doll wears her original (very frail) silk costume symbolizing the stars and stripes.