$31,000
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Description
19" (48 cm.) Pink-tinted bisque socket head of very plump-cheeked boy with deeply-
frowning expression,sculpted brown curly hair topknot and run-away forelock curl,sleep and
side-glancing brown glass eyes,dark upper eyeliner,painted curly lashes,short feathered
brows,rounded small nose with accented nostrils,closed mouth with extremely-downcast
lips,composition and wooden ball-jointed toddler body with side-hip jointing and very plump
stomach. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 8548 Heubach (in square) 8 Germany.
Comments: Gebruder Heubach,circa 1912,a signature model by the firm,the face was also
used for various figure vignettes by the firm; as a doll it was made with both painted and
glass eyes,this being the rarer version. Value Points: superb doll with wonderfully-
characterized fretful expression made possible by its large size,the frowning lips enhanced by
fret lines at lip corners and above the brows,and the deep sculpting of hair continues all
around the back of head,with great Tyrolean costume,and carrying antique scimitar and
bone-handled faux sword. $12,000/17,000