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Description
19" (48 cm.) Bisque socket head with very plump face, blue glass sleep and side-glancing googly eyes, painted long curly lashes, single-stroke brows, accented eye corners and nostrils, closed mouth with watermelon-slice shaped smile, shaded lips, blonde mohair wig, composition and wooden ball-jointed toddler body with side-hip jointing. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 165/10. Comments: Hertel and Schwab, their model marketed as Jubilee googly, circa 1916. Value Points: exceptional sculpting on the rare larger googly, with finest bisque, original body, great antique costume of brown velvet with lambswool trim, matching cap, and fancy black leather boots with brown silk rosette trim.