#135

German Bisque Doll with Cobalt Glass Eyes and Blonde Curls
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$850
sold
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Description
15" (38 cm.) Bisque shoulder head with rounded facial shape turned slightly to the right,plump cheeks,almond shaped cobalt blue glass eyes,dark eyeliner,painted lashes and brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,muslin stitch-jointed body,bisque lower limbs with fancily painted lustre pink and gold boots,antique costume. Her blonde sculpted hair is arranged in a center-part,waved smoothly over head to form modest finger curls at the sides of face,and uniformly around the back. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Alt,Beck and Gottschalck,circa 1880. Value Points: cobalt blue eyes beautifully contrast the alabaster complexion,appealing modest coiffure.