German Bisque "Smiling Bye-lo" with Glass Eyes

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13" (33 cm.) Solid domed bisque head with flanged neck,brown tinted hair and brows,narrow brown glass eyes,lightly feathered brows,closed mouth with outlined lips and defined tongue tip,muslin body,celluloid hands,antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: copr by Grace S. Putnam Germany (head) Bye-Lo Baby pat. Appl̴d For (body). Condition: generally excellent. Comments: known as "the Smiling Bye-lo",designed by American artist Grace Storey Putnam,circa 1925. Value Points: rare model with fine lustrous patina of bisque,glass eyes.