#86

"Winker" by Gebruder Heubach on Wooden Swing with All-Bisque Doll
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$2,900
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8" (20 cm.) doll. 13" swing. Bisque socket head with brown sculpted hair having forelock and topknot curls, painted facial features depicting an impish child with one side-glancing googly eye and one winking shut eye, button nose, closed mouth with mischievous smile upturned at one side, composition five piece toddler body, antique costume including original shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Heubach (in square) 2 Germany. Comments: Gebruder Heubach, circa 1912. Value Points: rare model with great expression, choice bisque and painting, arranged in wooden toy swing, and holding a tiny all bisque doll with jointed arms