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Description
12" (30 cm.) Bisque socket head with flattened solid dome, blue glass paperweight inset eyes with spiral threading, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, lightly-feathered brows, rose-blushed eyelids, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with downcast pouting expression and with defined space between the outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig, Sonneberg composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: (indecipherable model number). Comments: Sonneberg, mystery maker, circa 1885, the model closely resembles the "circle/dot" bebe of Leon Casimir Bru whose market the Sonneberg maker sought to capture. Value Points: pristine unplayed with condition, the beautiful doll wears factory original red silk frock, undergarments, bonnet, socks and shoes. Ex-collection of Doris Hupp whose dolls were featured in Woman's Day magazine of January, 1965.