Two porcelain head dolls as character babies Armand Marseille and Heubach-Köppelsdorf, circa 1925/26, girl marked Armand Marseille Germany 990 A 11 M, boy marked Heubach-Köppelsdorf 342.2 Germany and body stamped K & W Made in Germany, both bisque porcelain crank head with open mouth, two teeth on top, chin dimples, blue fixed glass eyes resp. sleep eyes, painted lash line, feathered brows and long blond human hair wig with snail hairdo (loose) and short brown mohair wig, respectively, five-piece baby seat body made of papier-mâché and mass, old dressed, variously played condition, left foot of the girl mass cracked, the boy with hairline crack between eyes to forehead and all limbs colored over, L 50 and 42 cm.

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