#251

German Bisque Character, Model 243, by Kestner in Larger Size
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Description
28" (71 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked brows, accented eye corners, open mouth, two porcelain upper teeth, brunette mohair bobbed wig over plaster pate, composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: L made in Germany 15 143 (head) Germany (body). Comments: Kestner, circa 1910. Value Points: excellent quality of modeling, bisque and painting on the hard-to-find larger size of this model, original body and body finish, vintage costume of Little Boy Blue with brass horn.