20" (51 cm.) h. 14"w. Presented on an ebony wooden base under glass dome is an elaborate arrangement of bronze-green velvet with surmounted arch which is lavishly decorated with white bisque flowers in various styles, and which is centered by a tufted rose fabric cushion upon which is resting the original wax orange blossom coronet; the arrangement is further decorated with two oval mirrors, tiny ormolu accents, and ivory satin bows. Excellent condition. French, circa 1880, the globe de mariee was a traditional symbolic remembrance of a young couple's wedding, this example being especially unusual in its detail.
Presale Estimate:
600/800
Realized Price:
$650
25" (64 cm.) Pink-tinted poured wax shoulderhead, half-moon shaped blue glass eyes, tinted brows and eyeliner, accented nostrils, closed mouth with downcast lips, blonde hair in rooted tendril curls, softly-stuffed muslin body, poured wax lower arms and legs, bare feet. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Hamley's Regent St. (original body stamp). Comments: English, attributed to Montanari and presented at the prestige London doll shop of Hamley's. Value Points: most pleasing gentle expression, original wig, body, and multi-layered costume and bonnet, with store boutique label.
Presale Estimate:
1100/1400
Realized Price:
$850
11" (28 cm.) Paper mache shoulderhead, blue glass eyes, painted lashes and brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, open mouth, four tiny teeth, blonde mohair with, firmly-stuffed pink cotton torso, paper mache lower arms and legs. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, attributed to Schilling, circa 1880. Value Points: fine unplayed with condition, very lush mohair wig, original costume and bonnet.
Presale Estimate:
400/500
Realized Price:
$250
14" (36 cm.) Paper mache shoulderhead, brown glass sleep eyes, painted lashes and brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, open mouth with slight smile, two lower teeth, deeply-impressed cheek dimples, blonde mohair wig, firmly-stuffed muslin stitch-jointed body, composition lower arms and legs. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1880. Value Points: delightful dimpled expression, the doll has original wig, costume and is in virtually unplayed with condition.
Presale Estimate:
400/500
Realized Price:
$250
23" (58 cm.) Wax over paper mache shoulderhead with honey-toned complexion, blue glass spiral-threaded eyes, painted lashes, brushstroked brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with center accent line, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig in original elegant up-swept coiffure, firmly-stuffed body with paper mache lower arms and legs, painted stockings and black ankle boots. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1875. Value Points: beautiful doll in fine original state of preservation, original coiffure, gown, undergarments.
Presale Estimate:
900/1200
Realized Price:
$550
18" (46 cm.) Bisque socket head, painted facial features, brown eyes, thick black upper eyeliner, one-stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with very full lips, brunette mohair wig, composition and wooden ball-jointed body, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: K*R 114 46. Comments: Kammer and Reinhardt, circa 1910, their model marketed as "Gretchen" from their art character series. Value Points: especially fine detail of modeling and fine lustrous patina of complexion, original body and body finish.
Presale Estimate:
1800/2200
Realized Price:
$3,000
12" (30 cm.) Bisque socket head depicting a smiling child, painted facial features, painted blue eyes, dark upper eyeliner, one-stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with smiling expression, defined space between the lips suggesting teeth, impressed cheek dimples, blonde mohair wig, composition and wooden ball-jointed body, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 151 S&H 2/0. Comments: Simon and Halbig, circa 1910, from the firm's prestige art character series. Value Points: rare model with choice bisque and painting, original body and body finish.
Presale Estimate:
2500/3200
Realized Price:
$2,000
10" (25 cm.) x 8". The heavy leather album with raised designs and word "Album" on front cover contains more than twenty-five photographs of child, thirteen of them featuring children with dolls and toys; one photograph features three children with five dolls, and in another a young lad rides a rocking horse. Excellent condition. Late 1800s.
Presale Estimate:
600/800
Realized Price:
$300
17" (43 cm.) Bisque socket head with solid dome and sculpted short brown curly hair, painted facial features, deeply-set eye sockets with painted blue downcast eyes, heavy eyelids with dark eyeliner, single-stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with very full shaded lips, composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 153 S&H 7. Comments: Simon and Halbig, circa 1910, one of only four character models created by that firm for their 150 series. Value Points: very rare art character doll with exemplary sculpting especially of hair with forelock curls and well-defined eyes, original body and body finish, finest quality bisque and painting.
Presale Estimate:
11,000/15,000
Realized Price:
$10,000
19" (48 cm.) Bisque socket head, dark brown glass paperweight inset eyes, thick dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked brows with feathered highlights, mauve blushed eye shadow, accented eye corners and nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the shaded and outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French all-wooden fully-articulated body, straight wrists, shapely torso, antique (frail) ivory silk gown, undergarments, French leather boots. Condition: generally excellent, one finger reglued, light early retouch on body. Marks: Bru Jne 8. Comments: Bru, Henri Chevrot epoch, circa 1889, in which year he introduced his "nouveaux bebes incassable" in an attempt to compete with Jumeau whose composition-bodied bebes were outselling his kid-bodied Bru bebe. Value Points: especially beautiful classic Bru bebe face with finest painting, rare body made for two or three years only.
Presale Estimate:
8000/11,000
Realized Price:
$7,500