Antique J.D. Kestner Bisque Socket Head and Composition Body Doll

Item Details

An antique J.D. Kestner bisque and composition doll. Featured is a German character baby doll with a hand-painted bisque socket head, blue sleep eyes with real lashes, and parted red lips which reveal a row of teeth and a felt tongue. Her body is comprised of composition and clad in a sky blue dress, white pinafore with eyelet detailing, and white socks and shoes. The back of her head is impressed ‘made in Germany J.D.K. 257’.

Condition

- to Fair; light surface scratches, scuffs, and markings to face, discoloration, markings, and cracking to composition body, yellowing to pinafore; sleep eyes close halfway, hair is detaching from scalp, handwriting on back of head.

Dimensions

Item #

18CHI146-185