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Description
16" (40 cm). Pale bisque socket-head with
flattened solid dome, high forehead, almond-
shaped grey glass inset eyes with very thick
black eyeliner, painted lashes, feathered brows,
accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth
with center accent line, blonde mohair wig,
Sonneberg composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-
jointed body with straight wrists, antique
costume. Condition: generally excellent.
Comments: attributed to Ernst Grossman, who
registered the first ball-jointed German body in
1880 based upon similarly styled French bodies.
Value Points: exquisite face and painting on the
early rare German doll, choice bisque, rare body
with original finish.