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9" (23 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head, blue glass inset eyes with thick dark eyeliner, painted lashes, single-stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the lips, pierced ears, blonde lambswool wig over cork pate, Sonneberg composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent, original body and body finish albeit fingertips worn away on right hand. Marks: G.K. 39.20. Comments: Kuhnlenz, circa 1880, the model closely resembles early French bisque bebes whose market it attempted to capture. Value Points: gorgeous small doll with entrancing eyes, antique costume.