#59

All-Original German Stockinette Character Doll from Kammer and Reinhardt
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$450
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Description
12" (30 cm.) Firmly stuffed stockinette doll depicting a portly gentleman with stitched and painted features,one eye painted as though winking,stitched hole in mouth for cigar,stitched-on ears,very plump stomach,wire armature arms and legs,paper-mache feet with painted ankles,stitched fingers. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: from a series of men dolls presented in the 1927 Kammer and Reinhardt catalog,described as "highly original character dolls". Value Points: all-original and rare-to-find doll in fine original condition,original costume,amusing expression.