- Estimate
- $600 / $800
16” (41 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 five-piece 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.