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Description
19" (48 cm.) Composition socket head with very characterized smiling expression, wooden top hat of band leader with decorative wooden plume and black brim, composition torso sculpted as a red jacket with applied wooden buttons and yellow cord, all-wooden jointed arms and legs, wooden hands drilled for carrying baton and with slits for holding signs, painted wooden shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: General Electric Radio (and GE logo, on hat). Comments: the figure was designed by famed American illustrator, Maxfield Parrish, as a promotional piece by General Electric, and created in doll form by Joseph Kallus of Cameo, circa 1930. Value Points: rare and intricately-designed fabulous character designed by sought-after American illustrator in pristine original condition.