#1076

German Bisque Character "Hilda" by Kestner with Butterfly Whistle
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$2,800
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14" (36 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep eyes, painted facial features, open mouth, two porcelain teeth, blonde mohair bobbed wig, plaster pate, composition ball-jointed toddler body, antique dress and pinafore, undergarments, black leather shoes, and carrying a German tin lithographed butterfly whistle. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: F Germany 10 245 JDK 1914 c. Hilda Gesch Ges. Comments: Kestner, circa 1914, the toddler also has store label of FAO Schwarz in New York.