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Description
9" (23 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque torso,large blue glass eyes,dark
eyeliner,painted curly lashes,lightly feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed
mouth with slightly petulant expression of accented lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over
plaster pate,peg-jointed bisque arms and legs,sculpted bent elbows,bare feet. Condition:
piece missing and rebuilt at left side of lower neck socket,two small leg rim chips. Marks: 13
0. Comments: attributed to Kestner,circa 1885,the doll closely resembles the Bebe Bru.Value
Points: very beautiful all-bisque with superb original wig in waist-length braid with blue silk
ribbons,antique lace dress,undergarments,earrings,stockings,tiny brown leather Bru-like
shoes. The doll appears in Wendy and Friends by Selfridge,page 49,named Daphne by the
collector/author.