Kämmer & Reinhardt large porcelain head doll for Simon & Halbig, "Mein Lieblingsbaby", character boy, around 1914, marked K Stern R Simon & Halbig 126 Germany 56, bisque porcelain crank head with open mouth, two teeth on top, movable tongue, chin dimple, blue roguish/sleeping eyes, painted eyelashes, feathered brows and brown human hair wig (loose), 5-piece sitting baby body of papier-mâché and mass, with intact voice, old dressed, played condition, left ring finger bumped, l 56 cm.

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