#181

A Smaller Model of German Bisque Brown-Complexioned Child by Handwerck
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$2,200
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Description

16" (41 cm.) Bisque socket head with brown complexion, brown glass sleep eyes, black painted lashes and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, open mouth, shaded lips, four porcelain teeth, pierced ears, black mohair wig, brown composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Heinrich Handwerck Simon & Halbig Germany. Comments: Handwerck, circa 1900. Value Points: an especially pretty petite model of Handwerck's brown-complexioned doll wearing antique maroon woolen dress, undergarments, argyle stockings, red shoes, red pressed flannel bonnet with feathers.