#170

A Trio of German Bisque Miniature Dolls with Unusual Variations
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4" (10 cm.) Each has bisque socket head with amber tinted complexion and painted facial features,brown eyes,closed mouth,arched brows,amber-tinted five-piece paper mache body with painted pointy-toe slippers,wearing antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,probably Simon & Halbig, circa 1890. Value Points: fascinating study of three dolls that are identical with variation in hair style: one with painted pate and mohair queue,one with bald pate and mohair queue,and the third with an elaborately-arranged coiffure ornamented with beads and ormolu.