#247

Early Model German Cloth Character by Kathe Kruse
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Description
16" (41 cm.) All cloth doll with pressed and oil painted facial features and hair,short brown hair with defined curls,shaded brown eyes,thick brown and black upper eyeliner,accented nostrils,closed mouth with pouting expression,stitch-jointing at shoulders,disc-jointed hips. Condition: good,original finish with paint worn away on nose tip and left forehead spot. Comments: Kathe Kruse,series I,circa 1915. Value Points: especially fine pressed modeling of features lending highly characterized expression,original fine painting albeit with wear,antique costume.