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Description
13" (33 cm). A bisque headed boy with socket
head,blue glass paperweight inset eyes,painted
lashes,feathered brows,accented nostrils,open
mouth,outlined lips,tiny porcelain teeth,pierced
ears,auburn mohair wig over cork pate,carton
torso and legs in seated pose,bisque
forearms,costumed as troubadour with bagpipe.
Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 1907 2.
Comments: head by SFBJ,circa 1907,the boy is
seated upon a cardboard "stump" with paper bark
cover,that opens at the base for use as candy
base. Value Points: wonderfully imaginative candy
box for luxury Paris candy store,with especially
fine quality bisque head.