16 (41 cm.) A pair of rascally fellows are portrayed, each with bisque socket head, highly characterized facial features unique to each fellow, brown glass sleep and flirty eyes, painted lashes, comma shaped brows with sculpting details, rounded upturned nose, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with wide beaming or impish smile, accented lips, mohair wig in characteristic black or red color with tousled style, unique composition and wooden fully jointed toddler body with sculpted shoes and socks, antique costumes that may be original. Condition: generally excellent, Moritz with small cheek rubs. Marks: K*R Simon & Halbig 123 (Max). Comments: Kammer and Reinhardt from their art character series, circa 1912, depicted are Max and Moritz inspired by the childrens adventure stories written and sketched by Wilhelm Busch in the mid-19th century; the stories, a lampoon of German culture, remained popular for decades, and upon the death of Busch in 1908, and freedom from copyright infringement, dollmakers thought to put the pair into doll firm. Value Points: extremely rare, especially to find as an intact pair, each doll has unique sculpture only for it, including unique body sculpture and painted shoes. The quality of sculpting and painting, along with historical background, ensures their prominence in doll lineage.