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Description
27" (69 cm.) Bisque socket head, large brown glass inset eyes, thick dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with delicate outlined lips, pierced ears, Sonneberg composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists, lovely antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 17. Comments: Sonneberg, circa 1885, maker unknown, the doll was created to compete with the French bebe market and bears closed resemblance to those bebes. Value Points: exceptional beauty of the brown-eyed child, with closed mouth, finest bisque and painting.