#84

Very Rare German Bisque Painted Eye Googly, 8590, by Gebruder Heubach
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Description
16" (41 cm.) Bisque socket head with sculpted blonde boyish hair having pronounced topknot and forelock curls, painted side-glancing googly eyes with pronounced black pupils and white eyedots, one stroke brows, upturned pug nose, closed mouth with smug smile, well-detailed sculpted ears, composition and wooden ball-jointed toddler body with side-hip jointing, wearing antique blue woolen mariner costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Heubach (square) 8590 Germany 8. Comments: Gebruder Heubach, circa 1910. Value Points: among the rarest of the art character Heubach dolls, with exceptional quality of sculpting, bisque and painting, wonderful antique costume.