#392

Beautiful Early Sonneberg Bisque Child with Closed Mouth
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$1,700
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Description
22" (56 cm.) Bisque socket head with plump facial modeling,brown glass inset eyes,painted curly lashes,brush-stroked and feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth with outlined lips,pierced ears,brunette human hair hand-tied wig,Sonneberg composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Sonneberg,circa 1880,one of the earliest examples of German composition-bodied child dolls. Value Points: very beautiful doll with original body and body finish,wearing wonderful antique costume,bonnet,undergarments,leather shoes.