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Description
17" (43 cm.) Pink-tinted bisque socket head, sculpted short brown hair in deeply sculpted curls with pink hair bow, sculpted facial features, deeply set eye sockets with painted blue side-glancing eyes, large black pupils with white eye dots, brush-stroked brows, round nose tip with accented nostrils, closed mouth in "O" shape with shaded and outlined lips, Sonneberg composition and wooden fully jointed body, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent, tiny hidden chip on base of neck socket. Marks: 6 7764 Heubach (sunburst mark) Germany. Comments: Gebruder Heubach, circa 1910. Value Points: the rarity of the model is rivaled by its exceptional quality of sculpting especially around the eyes and cheeks.