#162

Laughing Character, 8636, by Gebruder Heubach
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$2,700
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Description

13" (33 cm). Pink tinted bisque socket head, brown glass sleep eyes, painted lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, unusual modeling of mouth appearing as though closed but with separation between tongue and upper lip, shaded lips, defined tongue, two beaded lower teeth, impressed dimples in cheeks, brunette mohair bobbed wig, composition and wooden fully-jointed body, black velvet suit. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 8638 3 1/2 Heubach (sunburst) Germany. Comments: Gebruder Heubach, circa 1915. Value Points: very choice quality of bisque and sculpting, deeply impressed dimples.