$7,000
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Description
14" (36 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head depicting a young girl, sculpted short blonde wispy hair tucked behind her fully modeled ears and captured at the crown by a sculpted aqua-blue hair bow, small intaglio upper-glancing blue eyes with black incised eyeliner, white eye dots, accented nostrils of rounded nose, closed mouth with solemn expression, accent line between the lips, Sonneberg composition and wooden ball-jointed body, antique silk dress with maroon velvet trim, undergarments, socks, shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 4 Heubach (in square) 8381 Germany. Comments: Gebruder Heubach, circa 1912, the doll was modeled to represent the beloved young child, Princess Juliana of the Netherlands. Value Points: very rare portrait model made in two sizes only, with exceptionally detailed sculpting of hair, and finest quality bisque and painting.