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Early German Bisque Child, 89, by Handwerck
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$1,300
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13" (33 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep eyes, painted dark lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, tiny open mouth, shaded lips, four porcelain teeth, pierced ears, brunette human hair in coiled braids, composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 89 7. Comments: Heinrich Handwerck, circa 1900. Value Points: beautiful petite child with rarer mark, good early body with original finish.