#140

Small German Bisque Googly,163,by Strobel and Wilkin
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$2,200
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Description
10" (25 cm.) Solid-domed bisque socket head,sculpted orange hair in bobbed fashion with forelock curl,blue glass side-glancing googly eyes,painted long curly lashes,one-stroke orange brows,closed mouth with watermelonslice-shaped smile,composition baby body,antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 163 2/0. Comments: Hertel and Schwab for Strobel & Wilkin,circa 1912,the model was inspired by the Campbell Kid designs of Grace Drayton. Value Points: wonderful size of the impish wide-eyed googly with very fine quality of bisque and painting