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Three Bisque Head Dolls

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$246$200
Auction: Discovery - 2775TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: January 08, 2015 10:00AM

Description:

Three Bisque Head Dolls, a Heubach bisque head baby doll, marked "Heubach Koppelsdorf 300-0 Germany" to back of head, sleeping brown glass eyes with applied eyelashes, painted eyebrows and eyelashes, open mouth with four inset top teeth, blonde wig, fully jointed composition body, cotton nightdress, and silk bonnet; and two Morimura Brothers dolls: a bisque head toddler doll, with impressed maker's mark and "2 Japan" to back of head, sleeping blue glass eyes, painted eyelashes and eyebrows, open mouth with two inset top teeth, short light brown wig, fully jointed composition toddler body, silk undergarments, and blue dress with matching hair ribbon; and a bisque head character baby, impressed "22 MB Japan" to back of head, with fixed blue glass eyes, painted eyebrows and eyelashes, painted open mouth with two inset top teeth, dimples, blonde wig, fully jointed composition body, white undergarments, nightgown, and bonnet, (scuffs to face, soiling, dust),ht. to 17 in.

Provenance: The estate of Jeanne Hedberg.
Estimate $400-600


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Keywords

Bisque Head, impressed maker, Morimura Bros., Germany, Japan, Jeanne Hedberg