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Description
23" (58 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass sleep eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lower lashes, mohair lashes, slightly-modeled brows with feathered details and decorative glaze, accented nostrils, open mouth, outlined lips, four porcelain teeth, pierced ears, brunette human hair in long braids, French composition and wooden fully-jointed lady body with modeled bosom and waist, elongated limbs. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 1159 Simon & Halbig dep 9 1/2. Comments: Simon and Halbig bisque head on commission for SFBJ, circa 1910, the models were presented in their catalog as "Poupees Dames" wearing fashionable costumes; this present example, wearing her unique costume of Fairy Godmother, was likely a special commission costume. Value Points: very beautiful doll with lovely bisque, beautiful wig and lashes, impeccable original condition of body, and wearing superb original costume.