Sold for:
$3,173
$3,173
Large Early Kestner Closed Mouth Doll, Germany, late 19th century, blue glass sleeping eyes, closed pouty mouth with molded dip in center of upper lip, coral red outlining, pale coloring with rosy cheeks (tiny white spots one cheek, minute speckling other cheek), fat roll back of neck, impressed 15, new pate and French blonde human hair wig, early articulated straight wrist composition body in original pale yellow finish, white cotton and wool undergarments and lace-trimmed cotton dress and bonnet of the era, brown leather high button boots, ht. 24 in. Provenance: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2002-07-20
