#47

German All-Bisque Campbell Kid Designed by Grace S. Drayton
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5" (13 cm.) One piece bisque head and torso depicting a chubby faced little girl, sculpted orange/brown bobbed hair with forelock curls, blue side-glancing eyes, black upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, closed mouth with watermelon-slice-shaped mouth, loop-jointed bisque arms and legs, painted blue socks, black one-strap shoes, muslin chef's costume. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1915, from the original illustrations by American artist Grace Drayton that evolved into her marketing figures of the Campbell Kids. Value Points: rare all-bisque googly with very fine bisque, enhancing glaze on hair.