#26

Very Rare German Bisque Character
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$10,500
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Description

16" (40 cm.) Bisque socket head with chubby and dimpled facial modeling, small brown glass flirty eyes, long painted lashes, modeled brows with decorative glaze, upturned nose with accented nostrils, closed mouth in beaming smile with shaded and outlined lips, impressed cheek dimples, auburn human hair, composition and wooden fully jointed body with painted white socks and brown shoes, antique woolen suit. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: "Moritz", by Kammer and Reinhardt, circa 1914,based upon the original illustration in the books of German author Wilhelm Busch. Value Points: very rare model with choice bisque, original flirty eyes, original body uniquely designed for this doll only.