#257

Rare German Bisque Character,539,by Bahr and Proschild
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$3,800
sold
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Description

17" (43 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head, blonde painted baby hair with forelock details, painted facial features, blue eyes with outlines and artfully painted pupils and eye dots, black and red eyeliner, curvy feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with downcast pouty expression on the accented full lips, dimpled chin, composition bent limb baby body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 2023/5 539 10. Comments: Bahr and Proschild, circa 1910. Value Points: superb artistry of the rare model wearing fine antique baby jacket and matching bonnet, carrying baby rattles.