#338

Rare American Bisque Character Girl by Fulper
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Description
19" (48 cm.) Bisque socket head depicting a startled young girl with sculpted short brown curly hair,intaglio-sculpted painted blue side-glancing eyes with prominent black pupils,black and incised upper eyeliner,white eyedots,single-stroke brows,accented nostrils of tiny rounded nose,closed mouth modeled as though open with "O" shaped lips,composition and wooden ball-jointed body,nicely costumed. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Fulper (in vertical scroll) CMU (in triangle) 18. Comments: Fulper,circa 1918. The New Jersey porcelain dinnerware firm added doll production to their line for a short period during the WWI embargo period on German products. Value Points: very rare model from that firm,with outstanding detail of sculpted hair and eye crinkles,fine quality of bisque and painting.