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Description
21" (53 cm.) Bisque socket head with very high
domed forehead,brown glass sleep eyes,painted dark
lashes,brush-stroked and feathered brows,accented
nostrils and eye corners,slightly-parted lips with
four porcelain teeth barely visible,pierced
ears,brunette human hair wig,Sonneberg composition
and wooden fully-jointed body with straight
wrists,antique
costume,undergarments,stockings,shoes and bonnet.
Condition: generally excellent,wig pulls at the
left side forehead. Marks: 1019 S H 8 1/2 dep.
Comments: Simon and Halbig,circa 1890. Value
Points: rare-to-find early model with
wonderfully-expressive smile,enhanced by deeply
impressed dimples in cheeks and chin.