#210

Beautiful German Bisque Child by Kestner with Excelsior Signed Body
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$700
sold
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Description
32" (81 cm.) Bisque socket head,brown glass sleep eyes,dark eyeliner,painted lashes,modeled brows with brush-stroked painting,accented nostrils and eye corners,open mouth,shaded and outlined lips,four porcelain teeth,blonde mohair wig over plaster pate,composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: M 1/2 made in Germany 16 1.2 (head) Excelsior Germany 7 (body). Comments: Kestner,circa 1900. Value Points: very beautiful bisque with gleaming patina,original wig with soft ringlet curls,original body and body finish,lovely antique multi-layered costume.