#248

German Bisque Three-Face Doll by Carl Bergner
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$650
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Description
15" (38 cm.) Bisque socket head with three alternate faces,including dolly face with blue glass eyes,closed mouth with smiling expression and impressed dimples,sleeping face with modeled closed eyelids and crying face with blue glass eyes,closed mouth as though crying with modeled tears; the faces alternately revealed by turning a knob at the crown,blonde mohair wig over cardboard hood,cloth over carton torso,composition limbs,nicely costumed. Condition: generally excellent,some craquelure on composition shoulders. Marks: C.B. Comments: Carl Bergner,circa 1890. Value Points: well-modeled details on the amusing three- faced doll expressing different moods.