German bisque head doll troubles

Here is a nice big German doll marked 'Queen Louise'.
She has arrived to get restrung and freshened up.

She has had work done before.

Her glass eyes must have broken at some point as her current eyes are 1950's plastic eyes that have been plastered into place.

One option is to leave them as is as part of her history.
Another option is to remove the 1950's eyes and give her replacement glass sleep eyes.

Pretty well every joint has been taped up. The joints seem sturdy as is so there are no structural issues to fix.

Do you keep the tape in place or remove it all and then fix all the paint that the tape has destroyed?

She is missing the bottom of one foot.









After reviewing the options, her owner decided to keep the current eyes and tape jobs but get the foot fixed. After restringing, a nice hairdo and some clothes, she will look very nice.

The damaged foot is made of cardboard so to fix it, a piece of cardboard gets glued on to the bottom.

While the foot gets fixed, I can focus on one finger that has issues.

A bit of epoxy clay and it already looks better.

And then she is done.
Her missing sole of the foot is repaired and blends in to the rest of her body finish.
Her missing finger is rebuilt and she is restrung.