#91

Two All-Bisque Mignonettes in Decorated Basket
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$600
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Description
5" (13 cm.) and 6". A fancy pressed card stock basket with gilt painted finish and decorative red silk ribbons carries two all-bisque miniature dolls, each with brown glass inset eyes, closed mouth, and jointing at shoulders and hips; the larger with swivel head and painted blue stockings with black shoes, and the smaller with one-piece bisque head and torso, and painted white stockings and black one-strap shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1890. Value Points: charming arrangement with two desirable dolls, the larger with silk costume and carrying tiny all-bisque miniature doll of her own.