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Description
17" (43 cm.) Solid domed stone-composition head with flanged
neck,sculpted brown hair in boyish fashion with forelock
curls,painted complexion and facial features,small blue outlined
eyes,black upper eyeliner,rounded nose,accent dots at eye corners
and nostrils,closed mouth with solemn expression,cloth body with
disc-jointing at hips and shoulders,composition lower
arms,schoolboy costume. Condition: generally excellent,original
finish with few typical play rubs. Comments: attributed to Gunther
Heine,circa 1921,of Bad Kosen (same village as Kathe Kruse
factory),who advertised art dolls "as beautiful and vital as a
natural child". See Cieslik's German Doll Encyclopedia,pages
112/113. Value Points: rare model with most endearing
expression,the doll appears to have been made for only a very few
years.