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Description
4 1/2"-11" (11-28 cm.) Each is all-bisque standing Kewpie with one-piece head, torso and legs, loop-jointed arms with "starfish-shaped" hands, modeled blonde topknot, forelock curl and side curls, blue wings, painted side-glancing eyes with thickly fringed lashes and white eye dots, dash brows, closed mouth. Condition: generally excellent, largest has tiny flake on underside of foot. Marks: O'Neill (foot) (two largest also with paper labels). Comments: Kewpie, designed by Rose O'Neill and produced in Germany, circa 1915. Value Points: wonderful parade of Kewpies, the largest glancing to the left and all the others to the right.