#238

German Bisque Laughing Character,7604,by Gebruder Heubach
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Description
13" (33 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head with pink tinted bisque,sculpted and painted short hair with topknot detail,painted intaglio side-glancing eyes,red and black upper eyeliner,white eye dots,short feathered brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth modeled as though open and laughing,two beaded lower teeth,composition bent limb baby body,antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Heubach (sunburst mark) 7604 Germany. Comments: Gebruder Heubach,circa 1910. Value Points: fine quality of sculpting and facial definition,excellent bisque.