3" (8 cm.) h. basket. Including silverplate basket with woven wicker design, brass edging, ball feet and handle; silk purse with lining and tassel ties indicating its original purpose as bon-bon container; brass birdcage with ormolu tray and colorful parrot; and a pair of porcelain baskets with figural love-birds. Excellent condition. For the French market, circa 1885.
Presale Estimate:
400/600
Realized Price:
$1,200
2 1/2" (6 cm.) h. clock. Each of rich gilt ormolu, including three-arm hanging candelabra with milk glass globes, mantel clock with cherubic figural mount, double-handled urn, tiny rectangular stool with velvet cushion, pair of candlesticks, and a miniature book with ormolu binding and tiny sepia images. Excellent condition. Germany, circa 1885, Erhard & Sohne.
Presale Estimate:
400/600
Realized Price:
$2,200
20" (51 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight eyes with rich spiral threading, dark eyeliner, mauve-blushed eye shadow, brushstroked and feathered brows, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with shaded and outlined lips, separately-modeled pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 7 EJ (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1882, the rare second generation of the EJ model made for only a very short time. Value Points: very beautiful shy-faced bebe has fine delicate complexion with artistic blush on eyelids, cheeks and chin, original body and body finish, and is wearing original Ernestine Jumeau couturier costume with matching bonnet, undergarments, leather shoes signed "Bebe Jumeau Depose".
Presale Estimate:
7500/9500
Realized Price:
$8,000
16" (41 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderhead, blue glass spiral-threaded eyes with darker outer irises, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, delicately-feathered brows, accented nostrils of aquiline-shaped nose, closed mouth with slightly-upturned lip corners, accented lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French kid poupee body with square cut collarette, gusset-jointing at hips and knees, bisque forearms, lovely silk costume, undergarments, shoes, straw bonnet. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: E (head and shoulders). Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, circa 1872, the head model was registered in that year, and is considered to be a portrait tribute of the Empress Eugenie. Value Points: beautiful smiling model with exquisite painting of facial features, original body with bisque hands.
Presale Estimate:
2500/3500
Realized Price:
$4,750
15" (38 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate, blue glass spiral threaded eyes, painted lashes, feathered brows, accented eye corners and nostrils, closed mouth with accented lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, wooden articulated body with shapely torso, dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, bisque hands. Condition: generally excellent, body is structurally excellent albeit unpainted. Marks: 2 (head and shoulders) F.G. (shoulders). Comments: Gaultier, circa 1870. Value Points: beautiful poupee with ornate coiffure enhanced by ormolu comb, beautiful antique silk costume, undergarments, leather heeled boots, straw bonnet, and with very rare original wooden body with bisque hands.
Presale Estimate:
2800/3400
Realized Price:
$8,000
22" (56 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head, blue glass spiral-threaded paperweight inset eyes, thick dark eyeliner, delicately-painted lashes, mauve-blushed eyeshadow, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with daintily-shaded and outlined lips, impressed dimples at lip corners, philtrum and chin, pierced ears, blonde lambswool wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with very plump limbs, straight wrists, lovely silk and lace dress, undergarments, leatherette shoes, stockings and mother-of-pearl brooch "Clara". Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 9 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1897. Value Points: very early period bebe that is rarely found has flawless bisque with delicate complexion, original body with fine original finish.
Presale Estimate:
7500/9500
Realized Price:
$9,000
19" (48 cm.) Bisque socket head depicting an older child with very angular oval face and highly-characterized sculpting detail at brows, below the eyes and around the mouth, painted blue eyes that are slightly side-glancing, heavy upper eyelids with thick black liner, one-stroke short brows, rounded nose tip, closed mouth with sculpted space between the shaded lips, impressed cheek, chin and philtrum dimples, blonde mohair wig, composition and wooden ball-jointed body, antique schoolgirl costume, shoes, socks, and woven bonnet. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: K*R 104. Comments: Kammer and Reinhardt from their art reform character series of 1910. According to primary research by Marianne and Jurgen Cieslik, it is known that the doll was sculpted by the noted German artist, Arthur Lewin-Funcke; his daughter Karin served as the model and a hand-written note by the artist describes it only as "104: Girl laughing". Further research by the Cieslik's indicates the model was a commercial failure, only some were used in the Berlin shops for decoration. Few examples were ever made; only three or four others are known to exist today. Value Points: superb unplayed state of preservation of the extremely rare doll which has been in the possession of only the original family for 70 years and then with one collector for 39 years. Included with the doll is its original labeled box "K*R Charakterpuppe" indicating its production for the German market, a second original wig of hand-tied human hair and a second bonnet.
Presale Estimate:
60,000/85,000
Realized Price:
$65,000
19" (48 cm.) All-carved wood with socket head, intaglio painted brown eyes with pronounced black pupils and white eyedots, feathered brows, closed mouth with heart-shaped upper lip, brunette mohair wig, spring-jointed body with articulation at shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Schoenhut Doll Pat. Jan 17th 1911 USA. Comments: Schoenhut, circa 1917, the model 19/308C indicating her 19" size and long "C" curly wig. Value Points: beautiful original finish with soft matte blush, very expressive features, wonderful antique schoolgirl dress with linen pinafore.
Presale Estimate:
600/800
Realized Price:
$750
11" (28 cm.) Each has paper mache shoulder head with painted facial features, each with unique facial features, one with closed eyes, flat-line smile and brunette bobbed hair; the other with slit-shaped eyes with tiny white eyedots, wide impish smile and orange mohair wig; each with original simple muslin body and original raggedy costume. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: circa 1920, promotional dolls for English Bisto Gravy, based upon advertising illustrations by Will Owens and designed to convey the notion that the kids were savoring the aroma of Bisto Gravy. Value Points: all-original and rarely found dolls are perfectly-preserved.
Presale Estimate:
400/600
Realized Price:
$350
14" (36 cm.) All-carved wooden doll with socket head, intaglio rounded eyes with upper- glancing white eyedots, black single-stroke brows, feathered brows, upturned rounded nose, closed mouth in beaming smile with row of six painted teeth, coral-shaded lips, brunette human hair braids, wooden spring-jointed body, nicely costumed. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Schoenhut, their model 303, circa 1915. Value Points: rare model with wonderful expression, original painted finish, original Schoenhut shoes.
Presale Estimate:
500/800
Realized Price:
$1,600