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Description
18" (46 cm.) Earthenware head with deeply sculpted features that are an apt representation of
the lst Earl Kitchener,having brown sculpted center-parted hair,thick brown brows and bushy
moustache,deeply-set eye sockets with dark outline,closed mouth,muslin body with earthenware
hands and sculpted brown shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: circa 1900,from a
series of dolls portraying British leaders during the Boer War,1899-1901,the doll aptly portrays
Viscount Herbert Kitchener of Great Britain who served in the Boer War,India,and World War I.
Value Points: artistically-sculpted and painted,with finish perfectly preserved,and wearing
original khaki uniform with leather holster and belt,leggings,stripes,and having original
photographic label.