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Description
16" (41 cm.) Bisque socket head, painted facial features, upper-glancing painted blue eyes in half-moon shape, painted upper lashes, brush-stroked brows, rounded broad nose, closed mouth in wide beaming smile, row of teeth, brunette mohair wig, Sonneberg composition and wooden fully-jointed body, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: B.P. 5 (incised on head) S & Co Geschutzt Germany (stamp on head). Comments: Swaine and Co, circa 1912. Value Points: wonderfully expressive character with deep crinkles around the mouth and eye corners, choice bisque and painting.