#213

Very Rare Small-Sized German Bisque Character "Gladdie" in Original Costume
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$2,100
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Description

10" (25 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head with flanged neck, brown sculpted hair in short bobbed fashion, long forehead bangs, very narrow brown glass sleep eyes, brown tinted brows and eye shadow, accented nostrils, open mouth in beaming smile, four porcelain teeth, tongue, muslin body, celluloid hands. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Gladdie copr. by Helen Jensen, Germany. Comments: circa 1920. Value Points: virtually unheard of size of the rare character model is all-original with original body and costume, superior bisque, sculpting and painting.