Wonderfully Modeled German Bisque Laughing Character, Model 7911, by Gebruder Heubach

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18" (46 cm.) Pink tinted bisque socket head with solid dome, lightly tinted short boyish hair with sculpted details and topknot curl, intaglio side-glancing narrow blue eyes with large black pupils and white eye dots, red and black upper eyeliner, short feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth modeled as though open with sculpted tongue, laughing expression, shaded and accented lips, dimpled cheeks, composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 6 Heubach (in square) 7911 Germany. Comments: Gebruder Heubach, circa 1910. Value Points: wonderful laughing expression with deeply sculpted character features especially around eyes and mouth, antique costume.