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6" (15 cm.) Each of the pair has a composition head with painted features, blonde mohair bobbed wig, padded armature body with original white knit costume and brown felt feet. An over-sized velvet mushroom cap sits on the head of each doll. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, mid-20th century, the original purpose of the novelty dolls is not certain, although they were played with in the Prader family as part of annual Easter egg hunts each Spring; the dolls were hidden in the garden along with the eggs as a special treasure to be found. Ex-Collection Spielzug Museum of Davos, Switzerland.