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Description
15" (38 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head with flattened solid dome, blue glass inset eyes with spiral threading and darker iris rims, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked brows, mauve blushed eye shadow, accented eye corners and nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the shaded and outlined lips, pierced ears, brunette hand-tied human hair wig, Sonneberg composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists, lovely antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 8. Comments: Sonneberg, mystery maker, circa 1880, the model closely resembles the "circle-dot" bebe of Leon Casimir Bru, which market the Sonneberg maker sought to capture. Value Points: particularly beautiful doll with artistic painting of features, especially around her eyes.