#331

Pair,German Cloth Character Dolls Attributed to Bing
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$650
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10" (25 cm.) All-cloth dolls with pressed and painted faces and short brown curly hair,blue painted eyes with threading,white eyedots,upper eyeliner,one-stroke brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth,blushed cheeks,jointed shoulders and hips. Condition: generally excellent,paint flake on top of girl's head. Comments: attributed to Bing of Germany,circa 1915,the dolls were marketed as competition to the popular early Kathe Kruse. Value Points: in fine unplayed with condition,the pair wear original vibrant traditional costumes.