#326

German All-Bisque HE-Bee with Original Paper Label
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$350
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Description
6" (15 cm.) One-piece bisque head and torso,over-sized crown with bald pate,painted facial features,O-shaped blue eyes,tiny button- shaped nose with blushed tip,tiny mouth with downcast lips,modeled white smock,loop-jointed arms,legs jointed inside smock and having large modeled blue slippers with holes for cloth ties,antique baby smock. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Germany 15 (bottom rim of torso) "HEbee SHEbee" Trademark Copyright by Chas. Twelvetrees (original paper label). Comments: Germany,circa 1920,designed by an American artist whose illustration work featured this stylized child. Value Points: rare pristine condition,with original added smock and paper label.