$8,000
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Description
16" (41 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head, nearly bald pate with lightly stroked baby hair and sculpted deep forelock curl and side curls above the modeled ears, blue glass sleep and side-glancing googly eyes, painted curly lashes, short feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with wide impish smile, impressed lip corner dimples, composition and wooden ball-jointed toddler body with side-hip jointing, wearing antique romper dress. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 172 - 4. Comments: Hertel and Schwab, their model marketed as "Jubilee Googly". Value Points: unusually fine detail of sculpting and fine luminous bisque on the cheerful faced googly, original body and body finish.