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Bisque Bride and Groom in Original Wedding Costumes
Live Auction

$3,700
sold
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Description

14" & 16" (36 & 41 cm). Each doll has a bisque socket head, brown glass sleep eyes, painted lashes and brows, and composition ball-jointed body. The bride has slightly parted lips with four tiny teeth, blonde mohair wig over plaster pate, and wears a stunning wedding gown of ivory silk satin with embroidered lace trim and bodice, coronet of flowers above a floor-length veil, undergarments, shoes and stockings. The groom wears a blue velvet suit with navy blue silk shirt, boutonniere, black stockings and brown shoes. The dolls were made by Kestner, circa 1890, and are being sold by the original owner family.