#65

Delightful and Rare German Bisque Googly, Model 131, by Kammer and Reinhardt
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$7,500
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Description
15" (38 cm.) Bisque socket head with rounded facial shape and chubby cheeks, very large round blue glass sleep and side-glancing googly eyes, thick dark eyeliner, short feathered brows, pug nose with accented nostrils, closed mouth with little watermelon-slice-shaped smile, impressed dimples at lip corners, rosy cheeks, double chin, brunette mohair bobbed wig, composition and wooden ball-jointed chubby toddler body with side-hip jointing, antique boy's costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: K*R Simon & Halbig 131 38 Germany. Comments: Kammer and Reinhardt, circa 1918. Value Points: rare model with most wonderful impish expression, grand large googly eyes, very choice bisque, original toddler body and body finish.