Spanish Doll Appraisal

Vintage Spanish Flamenco or Mantilla Souvenir Doll

This is a vintage souvenir doll, likely from Spain, depicting a woman in traditional Spanish attire. The doll features a composition or celluloid head with finely painted facial features including red lips and blonde hair. She is dressed in a vibrant red satin-like gown embellished with multiple tiers of black floral lace on the skirt and lace-trimmed sleeves. A characteristic black lace mantilla (veil) is draped over her head, though the traditional high 'peineta' comb is not explicitly visible under the fabric. The doll holds an accessory fan with a floral design against her chest. Her hands are molded with individual fingers, suggesting a mid-20th-century manufacture date, commonly between the 1940s and 1960s. The garment shows some age-related wrinkling and minor fraying at the edges of the lace. The construction is typical of high-quality tourist trade items of the period, designed to be decorative. The overall condition appears fair to good, with some softening of the fabric crispness and light dust accumulation consistent with long-term display or storage. No maker's marks are visible in the photograph, though such items were often produced by companies like Marin Chiclana.