#9

German All Bisque
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$1,700
sold
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Description
11" (28 cm). One piece all bisque head, torso and legs modeled together, loop-jointed bisque arms with starfish-shaped hands, blue glass sleep and side-glancing googly eyes, painted lashes, short feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with smiling expression, modeled space between the accented lips, brunette mohair wig, silk and lace costume. Condition: generally excellent, tiny flake on right upper arm. Marks: 222 28 (head) 28 (inside each limb). Comments: Hertel and Schwab, the model was marketed as "Our Fairy" for Louis Wolf, circa 1912. Value Points: wonderful large size of the all-bisque googly with choicest bisque and sculpting.