#94

Bisque
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$1,300
sold
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Description
12" (30 cm.) Bisque head with flanged neck,sculpted short red curly hair,blue "living eyes" that are accentuated by painted black-frame spectacles,tiny rounded nose,closed mouth with impish expression. muslin body with jointing at shoulders and hips,composition hands,original yellow flowered dress,undergarments,stockings,shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: DRGM 954642 240. Comments: Herm Steiner,circa 1927. The exact doll is shown in the book The History and Art of Googlies,page 94. Value Points: charming expression on the wide-eyed studious school girl,enhanced by impressed dimples at lip corners.