#82

Rare German Bisque Toddler by Gebruder Heubach in Tyrolean Costume
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$5,250
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11" (28 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head, blonde painted boyish hair, painted facial features depicting a crying boy, having eyes painted nearly shut with tiniest pupils between squinting lids, one stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, composition and wooden fully-jointed toddler body with side-hip jointing. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Heubach (in square) 7761 Germany. Comments: Gebruder Heubach, circa 1912. Value Points: rare model with wonderfully characterized expression, toddler body, wearing antique Tyrolean costume.