#407

German Bisque Character Girl by Nockler & Tittler with Unique Patented Body
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$850
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13" (33 cm.) Bisque socket head with deeply-sculpted brown bobbed hair, intaglio side-glancing blue eyes with white eye dots, red and black upper eyeliner, single-stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with tiny stuck-out tongue tip, kidolene torso and legs with pin jointing, composition and wooden jointed arms, nicely costumed. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: N&T (script) 3. Comments: Nockler & Tittel, circa 1910, who advertised themselves in 1910 as "the only doll factory in Saxony"; an interesting article about the firm appears in German Doll Encyclopedia by Cieslik, page 219/220. Value Points: rare character, few are known to exist, is the only known model marked with the N&T initial, and with rare patented body.