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Description
17" (43 cm.) Each is individually-carved wooden doll with lightly-tinted complexion and facial
features,depicting a young boy and girl,each with dowel-jointing at shoulders,elbows,hips and
knees and having carved detail of slightly-cupped hands,each wearing its original country
costume including wonderful padded slippers. The boy has carved short hair with detail of
forehead bangs,and the girl has carved center-parted hair with braided coronet. Condition:
generally excellent. Marks: nsh (incised on left foot of each). Comments: Huggler of
Brienz,Switzerland,early 20th century Value Points: wonderfully-carved folk dolls virtually
unknown in this larger size,and having very fine original gleaming patina.