#106

German Bisque Child, 129, by Kestner in Appealing Petite Size
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$1,200
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15" (38 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass sleep eyes, painted lashes and brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, tiny open mouth with outlined lips, four porcelain teeth, blonde mohair wig over plaster pate. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: D made in Germany 8 129 (head) Germany (body). Comments: Kestner, circa 1900. Value Points: appealing petite size of the rarer model has original wig, pate, signed body and body finish, and wears lovely antique embroidered white batiste dress, undergarments, cream shoes signed Germany.