Baitz artist's doll "Ida" as a rococo lady Teepuppe/Half Doll, Viennese arts and crafts studio "Lilli" L. & R. Baitz, c. 1920, incised signature and inscription, finely painted mass-brass head with head turned to the right, closed mouth, painted side-glancing eyes and mohair wig with white-blond updo, on wire skeleton with bendable arms and bisque porcelain lower arms, wire basket lower abdomen, lace-trimmed silk dress and petticoat as well as pearl necklace, good age-related condition with tiny pinhead-sized paint flaw on the right cheek as well as minimal loss of thread in the chest area and in the folds, wire basket sheathing for keeping a teapot warm probably renewed, h 44 cm.

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