#567

German Bisque
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$1,100
sold
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Description
22" (56 cm.) Bisque socket head,small grey glass sleep eyes,dark eyeliner,painted curly lashes,brush-stroked feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,slightly-parted smiling lips,four porcelain teeth,brunette mohair curly wig,composition five-piece toddler body,antique costume and jacket. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Porzellanfabrik Burggrub Princess Elizabeth 6 1/2 Made in Germany. Comments: the portrait doll of the young British princess was commissioned from the German firm,one of the last bisque models made by the firm,one of the few bisque portrait dolls to actually bear the name of the person depicted,the doll was a luxury model made for a very short time only. Value Points: very choice bisque and painting on the smiling child.