German Bisque Doll with Sculpted Hair by Simon and Halbig

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14" (36 cm.) Bisque shoulder head with brown sculpted hair waved behind the sculpted pierced ears into voluminous curls at the back and two ringlet curls onto the back neck, black sculpted hair bow, blue glass inset eyes, painted facial features, closed mouth, muslin body with rare bisque hands and lower legs, bisque bare feet. Condition: generally excellent, two small eye rim flakes. Comments: Simon and Halbig, circa 1885, the rare model brown-haired doll with rare bisque feet wears an early folklore costume and has beautiful pale bisque.