#64

German Character Girl, 7764, by Gebruder Heubach
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$5,600
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Description
14" (35 cm). Pink tinted bisque socket-head, deeply sculpted short brown hair with tousled curls and modeled pink hair bow, intaglio blue side-glancing eyes, black and incised eyeliner, short feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth in "O" shape with shaded lips and mouth interior, impressed cheek dimples, composition and wooden ball-jointed body, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Heubach (square) 7760 Germany. Comments: Gebruder Heubach, circa 1912, a smaller variation of #5 of this book, the model known as the "Singing Heubach" in reference to mouth modeling. Value Points: rare model in appealing petite size with wonderful characterization.