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Three Bisque Head Dolls

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$246$200
Auction: Discovery - 2807TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 14, 2015 10:00AM

Description:

Three Bisque Head Dolls, two baby dolls: the larger Armand Marseille, marked "AM Germany CE6 1975" to back of neck, the smaller marked "Century Doll Co. Kestner Germany CE6 76," both with fixed blue glass eyes, painted eyelashes and closed mouths, cloth bodies, bisque hands, and white cotton nightdresses, ht. 12 and 14; and a large Lewis Wolf & Co. toddler boy doll, impressed "152 L.W. & Co. 15" to back of head, with sleeping light blue glass eyes, painted eyelashes and eyebrows, open mouth with four inset top teeth, reddish brown wig, fully jointed composition body, and white and blue cotton jumpsuit, (one leg detached but present),ht. 26 in.

Provenance: The estate of Jeanne Hedberg.
Estimate $100-200


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Keywords

Bisque Head, Century Doll Co., Armand Marseille, Germany, Jeanne Hedberg