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Description
17" (43 cm.) Bisque socket head with very full cheeks, deep blue glass paperweight inset eyes with spiral threading, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with outlined lips, dimpled chin, pierced ears, blonde lambswool wig, Sonneberg composition and wooden fully jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent, original body finish with scuffed finish on hands. Marks: G.K. 14-27. Comments: Gebruder Kuhnlenz, circa 1890. Value Points: beautiful expression with wonderfully dramatic large eyes, fine quality of bisque, fine antique costume.