Ended
Time Left
$2,750
Sold
sold
Click image to enlarge
Description
17" (43 cm.) Bisque socket head depicting an aged man with incised wrinkles,prominent modeled
thick gray eye brows,long pointy nose,closed mouth in benign smile with deeply incised smiling
crinkles in the cheeks,grey glass eyes,white mohair wig and beard,Sonneberg composition and
wooden fully-jointed body,wearing antique cotton and linen costume,straw bonnet,leather boots.
Condition : generally excellent. Marks: S 8 Germany. Comments: Cuno and Otto Dressel,from
their American historical series,circa 1890,the model was used as a portrait doll of Uncle
Sam,and also appeared in factory models costumed as this example,presumably a farmer. Value
Points: very rare to find characters from this series in the large size,having very fine quality of
bisque,sculpting and painting.