#251

Petite German Bisque Lady Doll,1159,by Simon and Halbig
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$900
sold
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Description
16" (41 cm.) Bisque socket head,brown glass sleep eyes,mohair lashes,painted lower lashes,lightly feathered brows,accented nostrils,open mouth,accented lips,four porcelain teeth,pierced ears,blonde human hair in braided chignon,composition and wooden ball-jointed lady body with shapely bosom,tiny waist and slender limbs. Condition: generally excellent,front of left foot re-glued. Marks: 1159 Germany Simon & Halbig 5 1/2 (head) 2/0 (body). Comments: Simon and Halbig,their lady doll whose body with designed to fit to the popular Edwardian fashions of her era,circa 1910. Value Points: beautiful bisque and painting,original lashes,original body and body finish.