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Description
15" (38 cm.) Bisque socket had with flattened solid dome, blue glass inset eyes with spiral threading, dark eyeliner, painted curly lashes, rose blushed eye shadow, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with delicately accented lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig, Sonneberg composition and wooden fully jointed body with straight wrists, lovely antique costume and bonnet. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 117 8. Comments: Sonneberg, circa 1885, mystery maker, the doll was inspired by the portrait bebes of French doll makers such as Jumeau, whose market the Sonneberg doll maker sought to capture.