French Bisque Character, Model 247, by SFBJ

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17" (43 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep eyes, painted lower lashes, short feathered brows, accented nostrils of rounded nose, closed mouth modeled as though open with outlined lips, tiny stuck-out tongue, two porcelain upper teeth, brunette human-hair wig, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body, lovely costume. Condition: generally excellent, one finger missing. Marks: SFBJ 247 Paris 6 Comments: SFBJ, circa 1912, the doll is known as "Twirp". Value Points: appealing urchin-like character has fine dewy patina of bisque.