#14

Rare German Bisque Portrait Doll of Handsome Gentleman
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$8,500
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Description
14" (36 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head with sculpted brown hair in side-part and waved across the forehead,with comb-marked details of hair at back of head,painted pale blue eyes in defined eye sockets,brush-stroked and feathered brows,red and black upper eyeliner,strongly- shaped nose,closed mouth with firmly-set lips visible under thickly modeled moustache,composition and wooden ball-jointed body,black flannel formal suit with shirt,vest,tie,shoes and stockings. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa 1910,maker unknown,possibly a portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt to whom the doll bears an uncanny resemblance. Value Points: rare model with superb detail of sculpting and painting.