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Description
14" (36 cm). Pressed bisque socket head with pear-shaped modeling, blue glass enamel inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, thickly feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, pointy-tip nose, closed mouth with outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, Schmitt composition fully-jointed body with attached ball-joints, straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Sch (in shield) 5 (raised number, on head). Comments: Schmitt et Fils, circa 1888. Value Points: rare size for this model of Schmitt, original rare style Schmitt body, lovely bisque, wearing fine antique white woolen sailor costume and cap, undergarments, stockings, leather shoes.