#322

German Cloth Character Doll in the Kathe Kruse Genre
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$800
sold
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Description
17" (43 cm.) All-cloth doll with head separately-stitched to torso,oil-painted complexion and facial features,shaded green eyes with white eyedots,black and brown upper eyeliner,short feathered brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with very full lips,blonde human hair in short bobbed fashion,disc-jointed legs,stitch- jointed arms,coral dotted Swiss dress which may be original. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: R 13 (lettered on feet). Comments: Germany,circa 1925,in the Kathe Kruse genre,maker unknown. Value Points: beautiful face and modeling on the rare doll with fine original finish.