#250

Bisque Character Baby, 211, by Kestner
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$1,050
sold
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Description

22" (56 cm). Bisque socket head, brown glass sleep eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, short feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, open mouth with shaded and outlined lips, two beaded lower teeth, fleeced hair over plaster pate, composition bent limb baby body. Condition: generally excellent, some retouch on arms. Marks: O made in Germany 18 JDK 211. Comments: Kestner, circa 1915. Value Points: especially fine quality of bisque and painting on the large fleece-haired baby, antique Christening gown, undergarments, bonnet.