#450

Two Swiss Papier-Mache Metal-Bodied Dolls by Bucherer
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$1,400
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Description
7 1/2" (19 cm.) and 8". Each has papier-mache head with sculpted and painted hair and facial features,metal bodies with infinite posing possibilities. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Made in Switzerland Patents Applied For. Comments: during the 1920s a series of comic,celebrity,storybook and classic 8" dolls with distinctive body construction,was created by the famous Swiss watch-maker,Bucherer,making use of their artistic engineering skills; the dolls were marketed under the trade name "Saba". Value Points: delightful pair wearing their all- original elaborate and colorful folklore costumes of Eastern Europe.