#297

Pretty German Bisque Child,129,by Kestner
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$900
sold
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Description
20" (51 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass sleep eyes,painted lashes,brush-stroked brows with decorative glaze,accented nostrils and eye corners,open mouth,outlined lips,four porcelain teeth,brunette human hair over plaster pate,composition and wooden ball-jointed body,wearing antique costume and lace bonnet with silk ribbons. Condition: generally excellent,some body retouch. Marks: l made in Germany 13 129 (head) Excelsior (body). Comments: Kestner,circa 1900. Value Points: a rarer child doll model with very sweet expression,lovely bisque.