#455

Pair German Bisque Dolls by Kestner in Original Wedding Costumes
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$4,200
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18" (46 cm.) Each has bisque socket head,brown glass sleep eyes,painted lashes,brush-stroked brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,open mouth four porcelain teeth,blonde or light brown mohair wig,composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 192 9 (groom) 79 10 Germany H 2 (bride). Comments: Kammer and Reinhardt (groom) and Handwerck (bride),circa 1915,From the original family of Blanche Margaret Stacey Howarth (born 1896,died 2000) of Rahway and Garwood,New Jersey. Value Points: the dolls are costumed in original ivory satin wedding gown and undergarments and the groom in his formal wedding suit.