#317

Jubilee Googly by Hertel and Schwab
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$6,750
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Description

15" (38 cm). Solid domed bisque socket head, painted brown hair with modeled forelock curls and curls above the ears, blue glass sleep googly eyes, painted curly lashes, short feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with watermelon slice-shaped smile, blushed cheeks, composition and wooden fully jointed toddler body with side-hip jointing, sailor costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 172 - 6. Comments: Hertel and Schwab for Stroebel and Wilkin, the googly marketed as "Jubilee" googly, circa 1915. Value Points: fine large size with excellent detail of modeling, especially sculpting of hair, choice bisque.