Advertising & Social History Interest - a rare Hermann Stein...

Hammer

£320

Advertising & Social History Interest - a rare Hermann Steiner (Germany) bisque head and painted composition bodied doll, the bisque head with weighted sleeping blue glass eyes, painted features including brown eyebrows and fine eyelashes, open mouth revealing upper teeth, blonde wig on pate, impressed marks '128, HS, HERM STEINER, 3, GERMANY', 43cm high, presented in an original cardboard shop display/counter promotional cardboard box, the interior with printed labels 'YOU CAN GET THIS DOLL FOR 24 OUTSIDE WRAPPERS AND 1/- POSTAL ORDER, ADDRESS TO:- GOODWINS, ORDSALL LANE, MANCHESTER.' and 'USE IVY SOAP AND MOTHER SHIPTON'S SOAP, SAVE OUTSIDE WRAPPERS, START NOW, SEND POSTCARD FOR ILLUSTRATED LIST OF GIFTS.', together with an unused bar of Ivy soap in original wrapper