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Description
17" (43 cm.) Bisque socket head,painted brown upper-glancing eyes,black and red upper eyeliner with painted curly upper lashes,feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth with smiling expression,row of sculpted teeth,blonde mohair bobbed wig over plaster pate,composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent,hands repainted. Marks: 186. Comments: Kestner,circa 1912. Value Points: rare painted eye character model,especially in this larger size,has original wig,pate,body,wonderfully-impressed cheek dimples,fine bisque and painting,and wears his original white pique sailor costume and cap.