An Outstanding German Bisque Lady Doll,213,by Bawo and Dotter

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19" (48 cm.) Bisque socket head with heart-shaped slender face portraying an adult lady,blue glass sleep eyes,dark eyeliner,painted curly lashes,short feathered brows,accented eye corners,aquiline nose with accented nostrils,closed mouth with extended accent line between the perfectly-formed lips,blonde mohair wig,French composition and wooden fully-jointed lady body with shapely bosom and waist. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 213 B&D 3 Ltd. Germany. Comments: Bawo and Dotter,the 19th-century New York import firm maintained porcelain works in both Bavaria and Limoges,France,as early as 1864 although it was not until 1906 that they created a department devoted exclusively to dolls,and in 1907 advertised "new model heads with lifelike expressions",presumably their art character line,of which this doll is an example. The luxury quality of their dolls did not meet success in a mass market,and few examples of the B&D art character dolls exist today. Value Points: most sublime expression of serenity on the Edwardian era lady,with finest quality of bisque and painting,especially fine detail about the lips,having her original blonde mohair wig in upswept fashion with original combs,original body and body finish,wearing fine antique costume comprising ivory satin dress,undergarments,brown velvet and silk cape with matching hat,stockings,white kid ankle boots marked with full figure of a doll,and carrying a white mohair and silk muff,and bone-handled silk parasol,while her paper mache/fur Borzoi dog stands alongside