#36

Early German Porcelain Taufling Baby
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$1,500
sold
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Description
11" (28 cm). Solid domed porcelain swivel head with short black painted hair having stippling detail around the face, painted pale blue eyes with red and black upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, closed mouth, porcelain shoulderplate, cloth midriff enclosing bellows "mama" crier, porcelain lower midriff and lower arms and legs, cloth upper arms and legs, bare feet. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 3. Comments: Germany, circa 1865. Value Points: rare model with bare feet, all original parts, working "mama" crier.