#76

German Cloth Character,Type VIII,
Live Auction

$1,800
sold
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Description
21" (53 cm.) Socket head with oil-painted complexion and facial features,shaded green/brown eyes with spiral threading,white eyedots,black and brown upper eyeliner,short painted brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth,blonde side- parted short hair,stitch-jointed arms,disc-jointed legs. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 15548 (foot) Kathe Kruse (paper label,and stamped name "Friedebald VIII"). Comments: Kathe Kruse,Type VIII,circa 1930s. Value Points: the named doll wears his original Tyrolean ensemble with embroidered suspenders on leiderhausen,coat,feathered cap,socks,brown leather shoes,original paper label.