Large - 23" long and very heavy - china head doll with a china head, hands and lower legs/feet. Cloth body. China head & shoulderplate - shoulderplate has a VERY faint number marked on the lower left corner that is almost unreadable - could be 174 or 176? Some paint loss to the hair on the top & back of the head. Shoulderplate has 3 sew holes at the back & front. Shoulderplate has a crack at the back that has been glued & is hidden by one of the ribbons applied to it. Lace & ribbon are glued to the shoulderplate and could possibly be obscuring other markings, but not likely. Cloth body, hands & feet are almost certainly modern, but the head & shoulderplate are harder to figure out - I have asked multiple doll specialists, Facebook groups with doll collectors, etc - and while some are saying the head is absolutely antique & even mentioned it could be a Kling head, others seem just as sure that it's not antique at all, but a reproduction. I know there is a Kling mold #176, and this appears that it could be a Kling head based on what I've found, but just not sure. Clothing is definitely modern (though very lovely). I need to know for certain what this is, year of origin, etc.

23" long