3 porcelain head dolls, c. 1900-1920: child doll Max Handwerk- Bebe Elite 90/186, mouth open with teeth, eyes missing, wig, five-part mass body, clothed, fingers and feet rubbed, one leg with crack, l c. 45 cm; Franz Schmidt & Co, boy toddler doll numbered 1295, mouth open, sleeping eyes (walking with difficulty), wig, five-part mass body, clothed, l c. 50 cm; large Heubach Köppelsdorf toddler doll, numbered 342.10 Germany, mouth open with teeth, sleeping eyes, wig (damaged at forehead), five-part mass body, clothed, worn, soiled, one leg with cracks, l approx. 65 cm; all worn and heavily soiled, rubbers loose. 4392-015

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