German Bisque Doll with Sculpted Brown Hair by Simon and Halbig

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14" (36 cm.) Bisque shoulderhead with delicately tinted complexion, light brown sculpted hair with arranged curls at forehead and then drawn back behind her sculpted pierced ears into voluminous curls, black sculpted hair bow, blue glass inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with center accent line, muslin stitch-jointed body, bisque lower arms and legs, bare feet, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Simon and Halbig, circa 1875. Value Points: beautiful early model with rare brown hair and glass eyes, bisque bare feet. Private Collection of Marianne Cieslik.