#274

Beautiful Grand German Bisque
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$2,500
sold
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Description
23" (58 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass sleep eyes,mohair lashes,dark eyeliner,painted curly lashes,brush-stroked and feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,open mouth,outlined lips,two porcelain upper teeth,blonde mohair wig over plaster pate,composition bent limb baby body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Q made in Germany 20 237 JDK Jr 1914 c. Hilda Ges Gesch N. 1070. Comments: Kestner,circa 1915,their signature model "Hilda". Value Points: rare grand-sized model of the gentle-featured baby has finest bisque and painting,original body and body finish,beautiful antique silk costume,"Baby" pin,ruffled bonnet.