#127

German Bisque Laughing Character,Model 5636,by Gebruder Heubach
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$800
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Description
13" (33 cm.) Pink-tinted bisque socket head,blue glass sleep eyes,painted curly lashes,fringed brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth modeled as though open with two beaded lower teeth,outlined lips,blonde mohair wig,composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 5636 3 1/2 Heubach (sunburst mark) Germany. Comments: Gebruder Heubach,circa 1915. Value Points: wonderfully-expressive features with deeply-impressed dimples,rarer glass eyes,very fine quality of bisque.