#42

German Bisque Multi-Head Doll Set "Wunderkind" by Kestner
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$8,000
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Description

11" (28 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass sleep eyes, painted lashes, lightly feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, open mouth, accented lips, four porcelain teeth, brunette mohair wig with coiled side braids, composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 136 2/0. Comments: Kestner, circa 1910,the doll was marketed as "Wunderkind Charakter puppe" along with three additional bisque character heads portraying various expressions, each with glass sleep eyes, closed mouth with pouty or laughing lips, original mohair wig, plaster pate, including models 180, 184, and 185. Value Points: rarely found set in appealing petite size, with original wigs, excellent quality bisque and modeling on each.