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Description
21" (53 cm.) Bisque socket head with cafe-au-lait light brown complexion, deeply sculpted facial features portraying a child with beaming smile, brown glass inset eyes, black eyeliner, painted lashes, black brushstroked brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, open mouth with slightly parted lips, row of porcelain teeth, dimpled double chin, pierced ears, black mohair wig, brown composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: S 12 H Dep 969. Comments: Simon and Halbig, circa 1890. Value Points: very rare model with most distinctive smiling expression, flawless completion, original early body and body finish, lovely antique costume.