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Description
13" (33 cm.) Bisque socket head with solid dome, painted hair with forelock curl, topknot and side curls, brown glass side-glancing googly-like eyes, delicately-painted upper lashes, dash brows, closed mouth with thin line smile, blushed cheeks, composition chubby torso, toddler legs with side-hip jointing and jointing at knees, unusual loop-strung bisque arms with starfish-shaped hands. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Ges Ges O'Neill JDK 12. (head) O'Neill (stamp on foot). Comments: Kestner, from Rose O'Neill illustrations of Kewpie; the doll was featured in the book, The History and Art of Googlies by Anita Ladensack, page 24. Value Points: largest size of Kestner's socket head Kewpie with excellent bisque and great expression; the luxury detail of jointed knee appeared only on the larger size Kestner Kewpies.