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Description
13" (33 cm.) circ. 16"l. Solid domed bisque head with flanged neck, painted baby hair and brows, narrow blue glass eyes, painted lashes, accented nostrils, closed mouth in wide beaming smile with defined space between the outlined lips, muslin baby body with celluloid hands. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: copr. by Grace S. Putnam Germany No 15/48 (head) Bye-lo Baby...(body stamp). Comments: circa 1925, designed by Grace Putnam, designer of the Bye-lo Baby, the model closely resembles the Bye-lo with variations in eye shape and cheerful expression. Value Points: very rare character with fine quality of bisque and painting, original body, antique costume.