#173

Beautiful German Bisque Closed Mouth Child by Kestner
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$2,500
sold
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Description
21" (53 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass sleep eyes,dark eyeliner,painted curly lashes,brush-stroked and feathered brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with outlined lips,blonde mohair wig over plaster pate,early composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 14. Comments: Kestner,circa 1885. Value Points: an especially beautiful example of this model with very fine bisque and painting,original body and body finish,lovely antique brown velvet costume and hat,undergarments,brown knit patterned stockings,brown leather shoes.