#176.1

German All-Bisque Kewpie Sweeper
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$350
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Description

4" (10 cm.) One piece all-bisque Kewpie, standing alongside a bisque dust bin, and clasping a brown-handled yellow floor broom in both hands, having top knot, forelock, blue wings, left side-glancing googly eyes. Condition: generally excellent, tiny flake at broom rim. Marks: c (circle). Comments: designed by Rose O'Neill, made in Germany, circa 1915. Value Points: fine quality of bisque, sculpting and painting, two original paper labels.