German Carved Wooden Doll with Carved Wooden Head as Tea Cozy

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15" (38 cm.) Carved wooden head with very full cheeks, carved and painted hair, painted large brown eyes, black upper eyeliner, lightly-tinted brows, tiny nose, closed mouth, firmly-stuffed cloth body and arms, wire-framed skirt form designed for use as tea cozy. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, 1920s. Value Points: the tea-cozy doll is wearing her original costume including embroidered vest and red pom-pom trimmed cap.