#20

German Bisque Child by Heinrich Handwerck in Beautiful Antique Dress
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$750
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23" (58 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass sleep eyes, painted lashes, brush stroked brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, open mouth, outlined lips, four porcelain teeth, pierced ears, dimpled chin, blonde mohair wig, composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 79-11 N Germany Handwerck (head) Handwerck (body). Comments: Heinrich Handwerck, circa 1900. Value Points: very lovely dolly-face model has fine matte bisque, original mohair wig, original body and body finish, and wears a beautiful antique silk dress (some frailty) with peach silk yoke and ribbon trim, undergarments, black stockings, original shoes.