#187

German Bisque Toddler,247,by Kestner with Original Paper Label
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$3,300
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Description
20" (51 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass sleep eyes,painted curly lashes,incised eyeliner,short feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,open mouth,two porcelain upper teeth,tongue,brunette human hair bobbed wig over original plaster pate,composition and wooden ball-jointed toddler body with side hip-jointing,nicely costumed. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: K made in Germany 14 247 JDK 14. Comments: Kestner,circa 1914. Value Points: wonderful sculpting with deeply impressed cheek dimples,fine quality of bisque,toddler body,with original Kestner paper label.