#233

All-Original German Bisque Child, 146, by Kestner with Excelsior Body
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$1,600
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Description

33" (84 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass sleep eyes, dark painted curly lashes, thick dark eyeliner, brush-stroked and feathered brows with decorative glaze, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, open mouth, shaded and outlined lips, four porcelain teeth, dimpled chin, brunette human hair over plaster pate, composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: N made in Germany 17 146 (head) Excelsior Germany (body). Comments: Kestner, circa 1900. Value Points: beautiful child in fine large size with lovely bisque and mint signed original body.