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Highest Bidder
$750
Sold
sold
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- Estimate
- $1,100 / $1,300
Description
20" (51 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head, painted brown boyish hair, blue glass inset eyes, painted brown curly lashes, incised eyeliner, single stroke brows, accented eye corners and nostrils, closed mouth modeled as though wide open and laughing, French composition and wooden fully-jointed toddler body with side-hip jointing, antique costume, socks, shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: SFBJ 226 Paris 8. Comments: SFBJ, circa 1912. Value Points: outstanding quality of sculpting with well-defined dimples and laughter lines, fine enhancing gleaming patina of complexion, original body and body finish. The doll is shown in the book The Rose Unfolds by Rosalie Whyel and Susan Hedrick, page 155.