#208

German Cloth Character Girl,Kleines Du Mein,by Kathe Kruse
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$3,100
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Description
14" (36 cm.) All-cloth doll with pressed and oil-painted complexion,facial features,and brown hair in short swirling curls,painted brown eyes,black and brown upper eyeliner,accented nostrils,closed mouth with downcast lips,muslin body with stitch-jointed arms,disc-jointed legs,wearing cotton dress and undergarments,original felt Tyrolean style hat and shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Kathe Kruse 14321 (feet). Comments: Kathe Kruse,Type VII,the model marketed as Kleines Du Mein,made for three years only,1927-1930. Value Points: rare model with beautiful rendering of a wistful-faced child.