#4

German Cloth Girl by Kathe Kruse,40th Anniversary Doll of 1952
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$1,100
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Description
14" (36 cm.) All-cloth doll with pressed and oil-painted facial features,small shaded brown upper glancing eyes,brown and black upper eyeliner,single-stroke brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth,wheat-blonde human hair wig in bangs and short curls,stitch-jointed arms,slender torso,disc-jointed legs. Condition: generally excellent,small lip rub. Marks: Kathe Kruse 1 30505 (left foot) Made in Germany US Zone (right foot and box label). Comments: Kathe Kruse,Type IX,1952. Value Points: most charming petulant expression with beautiful painting,the doll wears her original sheer nylon silk dress with smocking and polka dots,slip,panties,shoes and socks and coronet of flowers,and is preserved in her original (worn) box along with a booklet from a toy store in Munich where the doll was originally sold,noting that this doll was created in 1952,the 40th anniversary of Kathe Kruse Puppen.