#163

German Cloth Character Girl,by Kathe Kruse,Original Box
Live Auction

$4,250
sold
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Description
17" (43 cm.) All-cloth doll with three-seamed head construction,painted brown hair in curls tumbling onto her forehead,shaped ears,amber-green painted eyes with distinctive threading,black and brown upper eyeliner,tinted brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with pouting expression,stitch-jointed arms,separate thumb,disc-jointed legs. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Kathe Kruse (left foot) Kathe Kruse Made in US Zone Germany (label) . Comments: Kathe Kruse,circa 1945. Value Points: all-original in impeccable condition,the little girl wears her factory-original costume and is preserved in her original box which is hand- lettered "Margaretchen". The doll,and her companion,#144,appeared on the cover of Theriaults auction catalog of November 2000.