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Description
20" (51 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head, brown glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted curly lashes, widely-feathered brows, accented eye corners and nostrils, closed mouth, defined space between the outlined lips, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig, Sonneberg composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists, lovely antique silk costume, bonnet, undergarments, leather shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 137 12. Comments: Sonneberg, mystery maker, circa 1885, the model closely resembles early French bebes whose market the Sonneberg doll firms sought to capture.