An Extremely rare Two-faced Fritz Bartenstein Doll

What a wonderful doll this is - in my many years of dolls I have never seen another example of this doll. I have had several 3 faced Carl Bergner dolls (one crying, one smiling and one sleeping), but not an example like this - one white face and one black face which I believe to be German made by Fritz Bartenstein in around 1890. The doll has a bisque two-faced head both sides with inset brown glass eyes and open mouths with teeth. It measures about 12". One face is hidden within the woollen bonnet until turned to the other face. Originally the head would have turned by pulling the strings in the side of the body which would also have worked the (now disfunctional) Mama Box. Whilst this way of rotating the head no longer works, it can easily be turned by hand.The body is very basic and made of cloth (probably had a mama box originally but no sound coming from it now). One of the legs is splitting at the top seam showing the stuffing underneath. The lower arms and legs are composition.

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