Two Swiss Character Dolls by Bucherer

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8" (20 cm.) Each has composition head with painted hair and facial features,depicting woman with stylish bobbed hair and man with highly-characterized dour expression and long pointy nose,each with metal ball-bearing body,composition hands and feet. Condition: generally excellent,few paint flakes on woman's hair. Marks: (Bucherer incised mark on torsos). Comments: Bucherer of Switzerland from their line of Saba dolls,the pair likely represented film celebrities of the era,1920s. Value Points: rare models,the man with particularly-distinctive features,each wearing factory original costume.