#222

German Bisque Portrait of Gentleman with Black Sculpted Hair, Moustache and Goatee
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Description
11" (28 cm.) Bisque shoulderhead with oval face and elongated throat, black sculpted short hair in side-parted fashion, pale blue eyes with red and black upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, black sculpted curly moustache with curled tips, sculpted goatee, muslin stitch-jointed body, antique gentleman's costume. Condition: generally excellent, some repairs to early muslin body. Comments: Germany, circa 1865. Value Points: very rare model with portrait like qualities, enhancing glaze on hair and moustache.