$35,000
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Description
20" (51 cm.) Solid domed bald bisque socket head,dark blue glass eyes in deeply modeled
eye sockets,dark eyeliner,short feathered brows,distinctively sculpted nose with flaring
nostrils,closed mouth with wide and very full brown sculpted moustache covering the upper
lips,well-shaped dimpled chin,brunette mohair wig,Sonneberg composition and wooden fully-
jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 1308 C Simon & Halibg 8. Comments:
Simon and Halbig,circa 1902,the model number was curiously used by the firm for several
different models,each distinguished by a letter,in this case the letter C; other models include
1308 D as a moustachioed chimney sweeper,and 1308 E as a child with closed mouth. Value
Points: exceptionally rare model of which few examples are known to exist,in fine larger size
allowing for full expression of the deeply sculpted features (furrowed age or worry lines at the
forehead,below the eye sockets and cheeks. original wig,body,and wearing well-detailed
original woolen Tyrolean costume.