$27,000
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Description
20" (51 cm). Solid domed bisque socket head,
sculpted reddish-blonde hair in bobbed
Campbell Kid fashion with combmarked
detail, large blue glass side-glancing googly
eyes, dark eyeliner encircles the eyecut,
incised eyeliner, curly painted lashes, arched
single stroke brows, accented nostrils and
eye corners, closed mouth with wide
"watermelon slice" style smile, shaded lips,
very chubby composition and wooden
ball-jointed toddler body with side-hip jointing.
Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 163-12.
Comments: Hertel and Schwab, for Stroebel &
Wilkin, circa 1912. Value Points: the large size
12 is extremely rare for this model, the doll's
wonderfully sculpted chubby body in perfect
harmony with the rounded face and eyes,
enhanced by choicest quality bisque,
sculpting and painting.