#248

German Bisque "Gibson Girl" by Kestner,Model 172,with Blue Eyes
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20" (51 cm.) Bisque shoulder head with haughtily-uptilted slender face,pronounced chin and nose,blue glass sleep eyes,heavy eyelids,painted lower lashes,brush-stroked brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with accented lips,brunette mohair wig over plaster pate,slender kid body with pin-jointing,padded dart-shaped bosom,bisque lower arms,lovely silk costume in the Edwardian fashion. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 172 7. Comments: Kestner,the "Gibson Girl" modeled after drawings of society ladies by American illustrator Charles Dana Gibson,circa 1910. Value Points: the largest size of the fashionable lady,with original wig,pate,and body,and having lovely bisque.