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Description
21" (53 cm.) Bisque socket head with very full
cheeks and angular pointy-tip nose,blue glass
sleep eyes,dark eyeliner,painted dark curly
lashes,rose-blushed eye shadow,brush-stroked and
multi-feathered brows,accented eye corners and
nostrils,closed mouth with defined space between
the shaded and outlined lips,blonde mohair wig
over plaster pate,early composition and wooden
fully-jointed body with straight wrists,wearing
antique sailor
costume,undergarments,stockings,black leather
shoes,grand sailor cap. Condition: generally
excellent. Marks: 14. Comments: Kestner,circa
1885,the model is known as the "A.T. Kestner" for
its resemblance to the French A.T. bebe of the
same era,whose market the doll attempted to
capture. Value Points: a rare large size of the
desirable and rarely-found model,with lovely
bisque having a delicate luminous patina,superb
sculpting with "first-from-the-mold"
definition,wonderful antique costume. The doll was
acquired by June Ellen Lane from a previous
Theriault's auction,"Cotillion" and was featured
for several years on a Theriault shopping
bag,stationery and other ephemera.