German Bisque Doll as Nanny with Original Costume and Baby

Live Auction

12" (30 cm.) excluding coiffe. Bisque shoulderhead, blonde sculpted short hair, painted blue eyes, black upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, muslin stitch-jointed body, bisque lower arms and legs with painted boots. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1880. Value Points: original presentation of nanny and child, the doll wearing original nanny costume with apron and high Normandy coiffe, and the little child with long gown. Private Collection of Marianne Cieslik.