Kämmer & Reinhardt porcelain head doll brown toned character baby as a so called "Negro doll" around 1912, marked K Stern R Simon & Halbig 122 36, bisque porcelain crank head with open mouth, two teeth on top, movable tongue, chin and cheek dimples, brown sleeping eyes, lash line, feathered brows and black curled human hair wig, five-piece sitting baby body of papier-mâché and mass, old dressed, minimally played condition, right cheek somewhat rubbed, l 38 cm.

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