Fairly stiffly relined, cleaned and re-carnished with a fairly high gloss finish. Some flattening to the surface and the paint is thin in places as a result of the restoration process. Minor rubbings/abrasion to edges and corners. Scattered small-sized retouches visible with UV, right-hand side upper edge and background upper right-hand side. Larger likely patch of retouching and overpainting, right of the dollys neck. Patch of retouching and overpainting within the foreground and is the area between the discarded string of beads and the hand and wrist of the dismembered doll's arm. Further cluster of retouches and more consistent overpainting to denote some of the darker decoration within the foreground immediately below the left-hand side of the girls pink skirts which extends across to include the area between the pot lid. Further sporadic retouches elsewhere to background e..g. the space below the doll towards the right edge and further similar size delicate retouches here and there. Areas of varying sized stable cracquelure, some minor transferred gilt paint, upper left hand-side corner, left-hand side edge, upper area. Loss/damage approx 1cm from lower edge between lower edge and pot lid. See image. Light surface dirt and discoloured varnish. There is a collection of varnish? to upper right hand corner, see image.

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