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15" (38 cm.) Solid domed bisque shoulder head with pink-tinted bisque, painted blonde short boyish hair with sculpting highlights, painted facial features, narrow squinting dark blue eyes, black upper eyeliner, short-stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth in sculpted crying expression with defined gums and tongue, kid gusset-jointed body, bisque forearms, antique sailor costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 5 Germany. Comments: Gebruder Heubach, circa 1910. Value Points: among the rarest of the Heubach characters, having superb detail of sculpting featuring defined scowl lines in forehead, and cheek frown indentations. Ex-collection Puppen and Spielzeug Museum of Vienna.