#449

Swiss Doll by Bucherer on Bicycle,the Symbol of the Spielzeugmuseum Davos
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Description
8" (20 cm.) Composition head with sculpted red cap,painted facial features of smiling man with cigarette,all-metal ball-bearing body,composition hands and feet. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Made in Switzerland Patent Applied for (torso). Comments: Bucherer,the luxury watch-maker of Switzerland,from their line of dolls marketed under the trade name "Saba",during the 1920s. Value Points: beautifully-preserved rare model,the doll was posed on a bent wire toy bicycle and appeared in publications as a symbol of the Davos museum. The doll is sold here with his bicycle.