#254

German All-Bisque Smiling Character Girl by Orsini
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Description
5" (13 cm.) One-piece bisque head and torso, narrow blue glass sleep eyes, painted lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with wide smiling expression, mohair brunette bobbed wig, loop-jointed bisque arms and legs, modeled bent elbows with pointing finger on right hands, painted thigh-high white stockings, black one-strap shoes, antique knit dress. Condition: generally excellent, tiniest eye rim flake. Marks: JIO c. 1924 Germany. Comments: Germany, circa 1924, from original designs by American artist Jeanne Orsini. Value Points: imaginative design of impish-faced little girl with unique body design.