#85

Bisque Character "Wendy" by Bruno Schmidt in Original Box and Costume
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$16,500
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Description

16" (41 cm). Bisque socket head, large brown glass sleep eyes, delicately painted lashes and brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with very full outlined lips in pouty expression, dimpled chin, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig, composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 2033 BSW (in heart) 537 (head) Made in Germany (torso). Comments: Bruno Schmidt, their model marketed as "Wendy", circa 1912. Value Points: very rare character with superb expression and bisque, in wonderfully preserved, unplayed with condition in original box labeled in three languages indicating international marketing, wearing factory original sailor style dress, undergarments, stockings, shoes, red flannel wool sailor hat with feather.