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Description
14" (36 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head,sculpted blonde topknot,forelock and side
curls,brown glass side-glancing googly eyes,short black fringed lashes,"dot" brows,tiny button-
shaped nose,wide impish smile,chubby composition toddler body with jointing at shoulders,hips
and knees. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Ges Gesch O'Neill JDK 12 (head) O'Neill (foot).
Comments: Kewpie,designed by Rose O'Neill and made by Kestner,circa 1912. Value Points:
captivating expression enhanced by finest bisque,original classic Kewpie body with star-fish
shaped hands,chubby body. The doll appeared in Wendy and Friends by Selfridge,page 81.