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Description
19" (48 cm.) Pink-tinted bisquesocket head with
sculpted light brown short curly hair in tousled
manner,forelock details,blueside-glancing
intaglio-sculpted eyes with prominent black pupils
and whiteeyedots,brush-stroked brows,brown and
incised eyeliner,accented nostrils and
eyecorners,closed mouth with shaded lips,two
modeled teeth,impressed dimples in thelower lip
and cheeks,composition and wooden ball-jointed
body,antiquecostume. Condition: generally
excellent. Marks: 7956 Heubach (square) Germany
(and original Holz-massesymbol on back torso).
Comments: Gebruder Heubach,circa 1912.
ValuePoints: detail of sculpting so pronounced as
to appear as though hand-sculpted,enhanced by
choicest bisqueand painting,creating a most
captivating expression on theraremodel. Thedoll
was featured in Heubach Dolls and Figurines by
Lydia Richter,and is ex-collection Lucy Morgan.