$5,000
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Description
17" (43 cm.) All cloth doll with pressed and oil-painted facial features and hair,brown forelock
curl,small brown shaded eyes,black and brown upper eyeliner,accented nostrils of small flat
nose,closed mouth in pouting expression with shaded details,blushed ears and cheeks,stitch-
jointing at shoulders,disc-jointed hips,separately stitched thumbs,wearing antique sailor
costume. Condition: very good,original finish albeit paint rubs on forelock curl and sides of
hair,nose rub,some body dust. Marks: Kathe Kruse 8565 (stamp on left foot). Comments: Kathe
Kruse,circa 1915. Value Points: wonderful character expression on rare early model of the
milestone doll.