22nd Feb, 2024 12:00

The Important Private Antique Doll Collection of Austin Smith and Margaret Harkin - Part 1

 
  Lot 98
 

98

A small French pressed bisque fashionable doll

Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £400 - £600


 

A small French pressed bisque fashionable doll, or possibly early Simon & Halbig, the shoulder-head with dark blue striated glass eyes, light brown feathered brows, pink mouth with darker pink detail, slight ears, cork pate with remains of wig, gusseted kid body with wooden joints with bisque arms, cream dress with red trim, petticoat, small bustle pad, drawers, socks, brown leather shoes, straw hat and wooden tennis racket —10 1/2in. (27cm.) high (slight damage to dress, wig bald)