#138

Rare Set of German Stockinette Character Dolls Marketed by K*R
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$3,750
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Description
13" (33 cm.) The set of five dolls are each stockinette over padded wire frame,with stitch-shaped and painted facial features,able to be flexibly posed in any manner. Condition: very good,some surface dust,one nose tip worn. Comments: K*R offered the dolls in their 1927 catalog,describing them as "highly original character dolls",in costumes to represent a variety of professions,even offering to create dolls to order "if colored illustrations are sent in". Value Points: rarely found,the dolls are all wearing their original felt costumes to suggest various professions,here notably the barkeeper.