#115

Rare Nippon Bisque Googly Resembling the Jubilee Googly
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$650
sold
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Description
14" (36 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head with sculpted forelock curl and side curls,painted hair,blue glass sleep googly eyes,painted lashes,feathered brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with wide beaming"watermelon-slice" smile,composition bent limb baby body,antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: M (in petal design) Nippon 14. Comments: Circa 1918,Japan,the doll was inspired by (or copied from) the German Jubilee era,during the embargo on German dolls during WWI. Value Points: rare example of Nippon doll.