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Description
9 1/2" (24 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head depicting a young boy with exaggerated wincing expression, sculpted and painted blonde hair, painted nearly-closed eyes with tiny blue pupils and white eye dots, rounded nose,"O" shaped crooked mouth, composition and wooden ball-jointed toddler body, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 7761 Heubach ((in square) 0 Germany. Comments: Gebruder Heubach, circa 1910. Value Points: very rare model with distinctive sculpting featuring wrinkles, crinkles and frowns around his eyes, forehead and mouth, giving rise to the collector's common name for this doll as "Spinach Boy".