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Description
16" (41 cm.) All-cloth doll with shaped facial features including very small nose, oil-painted hair with forelock curl and painted complexion and features, narrow shaded green painted eyes, black and brown upper eyeliner, blushed ears, closed mouth, stitch-jointed arms with separately-stitched thumbs, disc-jointed hips, antique cotton smock, undergarments, socks and shoes. Condition: fair, original finish albeit faded and scuffed, stains on body under costume. Marks: 2870 (left foot). Comments: Kathe Kruse, circa 1910. Value Points: rare early model with distinctive facial shape.