#37

Rare Heubach Bisque Character Girl, 8350
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$10,000
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Description
17" (43 cm). Bisque socket head with solid dome and pink-tinted bisque, sculpted hair with detail at forehead and drawn into a narrow band of wrapped braids at the back of the head, sculpted blue hair band and bow, intaglio small blue eyes with prominent black pupils and white eyedots, black and incised upper eyeliner, short wavy brows, sculpted ears, accented nostrils of rounded ears, closed mouth posed in joyful smile with shaded lips, two rows of beaded teeth, impressed cheeks and lip dimples, composition and wooden fully jointed body. CONDITION: Generally excellent. MARKS: Heubach (in square) 8050 Germany 7. COMMENTS: Gebruder Heubach, circa 1912. VALUE POINTS: Especially rare early model by the firm has finest quality of sculpting and painting to enhance the choice quality of bisque, original folklore style costume.