#449

Grand German Bisque Closed Mouth Child, Model 103, by Kestner
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$1,800
sold
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Description
30" (76 cm.) Bisque socket head, large blue glass sleep eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, brunette human hair wig, composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists, plump body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 18 103. Comments: Kestner, circa 1886, in grand size 18. Value Points: rare size, with beautiful gleaming patina of bisque on the closed mouth doll, original body.