A stunning, early, crisp casting of this beautiful figure. It perfectly captures the spirit of the age.
This figure was bought with the knowledge of restoration to hands.
There are also two glaze cracks around the tip of the two front shoes as they touch the base which have been painted out
...usual for this model.
There is NO glaze cracking to the face, arms, legs etc which is very unusual for a figure by Goldscheider. 

sold

**The Dolly Sisters, American dancing legends of Hungarian origins, who were not only mirror images of themselves but a mirror image of the Jazz age itself. Although they were not the first sister act to appear on the stage, they were certainly the most famous - the ‘Spice Girls’ of theirday - and paved the way for so many later duos and trios that proliferated in their wake. Even the Gabor sisters followed in the Dollies dainty footsteps.

The Dollies were continually in the news for their gambling, frocks, jewellery and for just being themselves -adorable and generous personalities - but some thought they were vulgar and ostentatious. However, it was their high profile love affairs with the rich and famous that became the subject of much gossip and none was more

sensitive than their liaison with the Prince of Wales later to become Edward V111. Later, Jenny cast a spell over Gordon Selfridge and Rosie attempted to acquire a fortune worth $150m when she married Mortimer Davis Jr but she swiftly divorced with a settlement worth over $20m today.

As a result of their very ‘modern’ appearance and their thoroughly ‘modern’ behaviour, they were the original flappers and they most definitely had ‘it’ before Elinor Glyn coined the phrase.

When Rosie married, the Dolly Sisters as an act came to an end and they retired from the stage. Jenny opened a couture shop and adopted two girls but tragedy struck when she suffered serious injuries as the result of a car accident, finally committing suicide in 1941, confirming the generally held view that Rosie was regarded as the lucky one and Jenny the less fortunate. Rosie by then had settled into the later stages of life with a new, rich, husband in Chicago.

The Dolly Sisters were unique and led an amazing life but their legacy of independence and extravagance, not to mention their rivalry, was avoided in the 1945 film The Dolly Sisters starring Betty Grable and June Havers. The Delectable Dollies will be a more balanced and accurate portrayal of their career and the period.**

Extract from "The Delectable Dollies: The "Dolly Sisters", Icons of the Jazz Age
by Gary Chapman

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