#31

Outstanding All-Original German Bisque Hilda,Size 20,by Kestner in Original Wooden Box
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$6,500
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Description
25" (64 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass sleep eyes,painted lashes,brush-stroked and multi-feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,open mouth,shaded and accented lips,two porcelain teeth,blonde fleeced wig over plaster pate,composition bent-limb baby body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Q made in Germany 20 237 JDK Jr. 1914. Hilda. Comments: Kestner,circa 1914,their signature trademark doll of that year. Value Points: outstanding quality of bisque,sculpture and painting on the large model of the gentle-faced child,presented in absolutely pristine condition in its original wooden packing box with Kestner paper label.