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German Character Boy, 7622, by Gebruder Heubach
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$2,300
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Description
19" (48 cm). Pink tinted bisque socket-head, short blonde sculpted hair with modeled forelock curl and side curls above the sculpted ears, blue intaglio eyes with prominent black pupils and white eyedots, short feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with tiny defined tongue tip, shaded and accented lips, dimpled cheeks and lip corners, composition and wooden ball-jointed body, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 7622 Heubach (sunburst) Germany. Comments: Gebruder Heubach, circa 1912. Value Points: wonderful detail of the handsome lad with intelligent expression, finest quality of bisque and sculpting.