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Description
8" (20 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head, blue glass inset eyes with thick dark eyeliner, painted lashes, single stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the lips, pierced ears, blonde lambswool wig over cork pate, Sonneberg composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent, original body and body finish albeit fingertips worn away on right hand. Marks: G.K. 39.20. Comments: Kuhnlenz, circa 1880, the model closely resembles the early Bru Brevete whose market it attempted to capture. Value Points: gorgeous small doll with entrancing eyes, antique costume, carrying small all-bisque doll with painted black boots and blue woolen hooded cape.