#15

German Bisque Character, 7620, by Heubach
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Description
20" (51 cm). Pink-tinted bisque socket head with solid dome, sculpted boyish hair with incised curls, over-sized well-modeled ears, dark blue intaglio eyes with white eyedots, incised and brown upper eyeliner, one stroke brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with shaded dimpled lips, two porcelain teeth, Sonneberg composition and wooden fully jointed slender body, sailor costume. Condition: generally excellent, some body repaint. Marks: Heubach (sunburst) Germany 7 7620. Comments: Gebruder Heubach, circa 1912. Value Points: wonderfully modeled cheek, chin and lip dimples enhanced by choicest bisque and painting.