#443

Swiss Doll
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$2,000
sold
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Description
8" (20 cm.) Composition head with painted hair and facial features,metal ball-bearing body that allows for infinite posing possibilities,composition hands and feet. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Made in Switzerland Patents Applied For (torso). Comments: during the 1920s a series of comic,celebrity,storybook and classic 8" dolls with distinctive body construction,was created by the famous Swiss watch-maker,Bucherer,making use of their artistic engineering skills; the dolls were marketed under the trade name "Saba". Value Points: perfectly- preserved,the doll has wonderful character face with artistic painting,and is preserved in its original box.