Rare German Bisque Laughing Character, Model 7745, by Gebruder Heubach

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15" (38 cm.) Bisque socket head with solid dome, sculpted short blonde hair with curly forelock, intaglio blue-painted eyes in narrow eye sockets as though squinting from laughter, thin black upper eyeliner, one-stroke angled brows, accented nostrils of rounded nose, closed mouth modeled in a joyful laughing expression, two beaded lower teeth, shaded lips, composition and wooden ball-jointed toddler body with side-hip jointing, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 7745 Germany Heubach (sunburst mark). Comments: Gebruder Heubach, circa 1912. Value Points: very rare model has extraordinary detail of sculpting including "stick-out" ears, laughter furrows around the eye corners, deeply impressed cheek and mouth dimples, wonderful fat rolls at the back neck, finest bisque and painting. The doll appears in the book, The Rose Unfolds, by Rosalie Whyel and Susan Hedrick, page 210.