#536

Pretty Sonneberg Doll in the French Look-Alike Manner, Model 122
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$400
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Estimate
$700 / $900
Description
11" (28 cm.) Bisque socket head with flattened solid dome, blue glass inset eyes with spiral threading, dark eyeliner, painted lashes and brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with accented lips, pierced ears, auburn mohair wig, Sonneberg composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks 122 4. Comments: Sonneberg, mystery maker, circa 1885. Value Points: lovely spiral threaded eyes, the petite child resembles early closed mouth bebes whose market it sought to capture, wearing charming antique dress.