#339

American Composition
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$950
sold
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14"(36 cm.) All-composition Kewpie posed on blue base,large black side-glancing googly eyes,painted upper lashes,impish one-line smile,jointed arms with starfish-shaped hands,blue wings,molded topknot under elaborately-arranged original wig. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Kewpie RE. U.S.Pat.Off. Des. Pat 1913 Rose O'Neill. (paper label on base). Comments: Kewpie,designed by Rose O'Neill,circa 1920. Value Points: amusing decorative Kewpie with original exaggerated wig,black silk flapper style gown,original red heart label.