Onsite
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- Estimate
- $700 / $900
Description
17" (43 cm.) Bisque head with flanged neck, sculpted brown hair with forelock curls, plump cheeks, blue glass eyes, painted curly lashes, tinted brows, accented nostrils of tiny nose, slightly-parted lips with downcast upper lip, two porcelain lower teeth, muslin torso, composition lower legs and arms, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: copr. by J.L. Kallus 1394 34 Germany. Comments: designed by the American artist Joseph Kallus, trademarked as "Baby Bo-Kaye" and commissioned by George Borgfeldt from Germany, circa 1927. Value Points: rare artist-designed doll with very fine quality of bisque and sculpting, wonderfully expressive features.