#135

Rare and Large German All-Bisque "Child with Chocolate Bar" by Gebruder Heubach
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$2,800
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Description
11" (28 cm.) All-bisque sculpted figure of young child with blonde sculpted hair,intaglio dark blue eyes in deeply-defined eye sockets,lightly-feathered brows,rounded nose,posed seated with bent knees and curled toes,his arms held to his mouth and tightly clasping a large chocolate bar which he has been deliciously devouring as traces of the chocolate are smeared on his mouth and nose tip,and even down the front of his white draped smock with blue ribbons. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: (indecipherable model number) Heubach (sunburst stamp). Comments: Gebruder Heubach,circa 1910. Value Points: very rare character portrays a clearly-delighted child,whose laughing expression is portrayed in crinkled eyes and intent pose