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10" (25 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head with blonde sculpted topknot, forelock curl, and side curls, large brown glass side-glancing googly eyes, dark eyeliner with short curly lashes, dash brows, rounded nose, closed mouth with thin smiling lips, impressed dimples at corners of lips, composition toddler body with chubby torso, jointing at shoulders and hips, starfish-shaped hands. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: ges gesch JDK O'Neill 10. Comments: Kewpie, designed by Rose O'Neill, rare glass-eyed model by Kestner, circa 1910. Value Points: wonderful expression on the impish Kewpie, with classic features including fine detail of blonde glazed topknot and forelock, original body and body finish.