#552

German Cloth Character Boy by Kathe Kruse with Unusual Foot Signature
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Description
14" (36 cm.) All cloth doll with pressed and oil-painted three-seamed head,brown hair with delicate curls around the forehead,brown painted eyes,black and brown upper eyeliner,closed mouth,cloth body with unique separate thumb,stitch-jointed arms,jointed disc legs,and hard sole. Condition: Generally excellent,small rub at nose tip. Marks: Kathe Kruse (and illegible number on left foot). (toy store stamp of Th. Schermer on right foot). Comments: Kathe Kruse,circa 1930. Nicely preserved example of this iconic German cloth doll which is dressed in typical Kruse style clothing of the period.