#201

Sonneberg Bisque Child with Early Grossman Body
Live Auction

$1,800
sold
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Description
12" (30 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head,blue glass inset eyes,outlined eyes,painted lashes,feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth with outlined lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig,composition torso with all-wooden eight-ball-jointed limbs,nicely costumed. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: mystery maker,the body was registered by Ernst Grossman in 1880,the first ball-jointed body registered in Germany. Value Points: rare model of body enhancing the value of the beautiful child.