#72

Two German All-Bisque Bye-lo Babies with Painted Hair
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$650
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6.5" (17 cm.) and 4 1/2". Each is all bisque baby with solid dome, swivel head, painted baby hair and brows, small blue glass sleep eyes, painted lashes, loop-jointed bisque arms and legs, bare feet. Condition: generally excellent, repair to right arm stringing loop on larger. Marks: 6-16 (larger) 6-12 (smaller) copr. by G.S. Putnam Made in Germany. Comments: Bye- lo, designed by Grace Putnam, circa 1925. Value Points: original paper label on larger, each with rarer swivel head and glass eyes.