#149

Beautiful German Bisque Child by Kestner with Signed Excelsior Body
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$500
sold
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Description
22" (56 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass sleep eyes,dark eyeliner,painted lower lashes,slightly-modeled brush-stroked and feathered brows,accented nostrils,open mouth,shaded and outlined lips,four porcelain teeth,dimpled chin,blonde mohair wig over plaster pate,composition and wooden ball-jointed body,nice antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: H 1/2 made in Germany 12 1/2 (head) Excelsior Germany (body). Comments: Kestner,circa 1900. Value Points: classically pretty dolly-face model with original wig,pate,body,body finish,antique costume.