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Description
5" (13 cm.) inkwell. Each is all-bisque depicting whimsical Kewpie designs, each with topknot, forelock curl, painted side-glancing eyes and blue wings; including seated Kewpie holding an over-sized ink pen and seated upon a large porcelain inkwell; Kewpie Thinker seated with head resting upon hands; tiny Kewpie holding a pen, and seated upon a bisque place card; and seated Kewpie holding a book. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: c (in black circle stamp) on three. Comments: Germany, from original designs by Rose O'Neill, circa 1912. Value Points: a merry group of Kewpies in a variety of themes and activities.