#29

Laughing Character Boy by Gebruder Heubach
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Description

14" (35 cm). Solid domed bisque socket head, brown painted hair with sculpted forelock curl, painted facial features, intaglio side- glancing eyes, impressed laughter crinkles at eye corners, short feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth modeled as though open and laughing, shaded lips, two beaded upper teeth and two beaded lower teeth, composition and wooden ball-jointed toddler body with side-hip jointing, woolen sailor costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Heubach (in square) Germany. Comments: Gebruder Heubach, circa 1912. Value Points: wonderfully sculpted character expression and excellent bisque, rarer toddler body with original finish.