#126

German Character Boy, Type VIII, by Kathe Kruse
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$1,100 / $1,300
Description
29" (74 cm.) Socket head with firmly pressed and oil-painted complexion and facial features, blue/green eyes, brown and black upper eyeliner, short stroke brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with pensive expression on lips, blonde hair wig in side-parted short boyish fashion, all-cloth body with stitch-jointed shoulders and wide disc-jointed legs. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Kathe Kruse, circa 1952. Value Points: fine original finish, wonderful original Tyrolean costume with embroidered suspenders, patterned jacket with hand-painted wooden buttons to match buttons on pants, tassels on pants and leggings.