Sold for:
$1,500
$1,500
Simon & Halbig First World War Nurse as Candy Container, with adult bisque shoulder head, closed mouth, fixed blue glass eyes, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig, cloth and wire body, bisque hands, composition lower legs with molded shoes and stockings, in white cotton uniform, standing on low cylindrical velvet-covered box with handwritten paper label Nos Anges Gardiens , ht. 13 in., (some discoloration of fabric). Note: This doll would have been sold as a memento to raise funds for the hospitals that cared for wounded troops. The label, translated, reads: "Our Guardian Angels."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-08-23
