$1,400
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Description
14" (36 cm.) Bisque socket head,painted facial
features,painted downcast blue eyes,single stroke
brows,brush-stroked and feathered brows,accented
nostrils,closed mouth with outlined lips in
pouting expression,brunette mohair wig,composition
and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally
excellent. Marks: 500 G&H 2. Comments: Erste
Steinbacher,circa 1923,the firm was then under the
direction of Robert Carl and Gustav Heubach (hence
the GH initals); the firm had been in existence
since 1900 under various owners. Only two
characters have been identified: 500 and 510.
Value Points: very rare painted eye character with
well-defined pouting expression,original body,wig
and costume.