Two Swiss Character Metal-Bodied Dolls by Bucherer

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8" (20 cm.) Each has composition head with sculpted and painted hair and facial features, metal ball-bearing body with infinite posing possibilities. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Bucherer Made in Switzerland Patents Applied For. Comments: during the 1920s a series of comic, celebrity, storybook and classic 8" dolls with distinctive body construction, was created by the famous Swiss watchmaker, Bucherer, making use of their artistic engineering skills; the dolls were marketed under the trade name "Saba". Value Points: delightful pair wearing their all-original elaborate and colorful folklore costumes of Eastern Europe.