#353

German Bisque Character "Hilda" by Kestner with Trunk and Layette
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$1,900
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Description
14" (36 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass sleep eyes,painted curly lashes,feathered brows,accented nostrils,open mouth,outlined lips,two porcelain upper teeth,brunette mohair bobbed wig over plaster pate,composition bent limb baby body,wearing pretty antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: made in Germany 245 JDK jr. 1914 c. Hilda. Comments: Kestner,circa 1915. Value Points: gentle-faced baby with fine quality of bisque and painting,with antique trunk and layette of hand-stitched baby costumes.