#77

German Bisque Doll, 1079, by Simon and Halbig
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$8,000
sold
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Description

45" (115 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep eyes, human hair lashes, painted lashes, brush stroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, pierced ears, brunette human hair, composition and wooden ball-jointed body, wearing antique purple taffeta costume, undergarments, leather shoes. Condition: generally excellent, body repainted. Marks: 1079 S&H Dep 19. Comments: Simon and Halbig, circa 1890. Value Points: very rare large size has unusual portrait like face, excellent bisque, original body.