Rare German Bisque Character "Struwwelpeter" by Kammer and Reinhardt in Original Costume

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17" (43 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass flirty eyes in half-moon shape, thick upper eyeliner and lashes, modeled arched brows, pointy tip nose, closed mouth with smiling lips, double crease laughter lines in each cheek, dimpled philtrum, white mohair wig in "shock-haired" wild fashion, composition and wooden ball-jointed body with modeled upturned brown-painted shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Kammer and Reinhardt, circa 1913. Their 124 model was originally designed to represent Moritz from the original German children's story, Max and Moritz, by Wilhelm Busch; this example of that same model is presented as a different storybook character, "Struwwelpeter" (shock-haired Peter), based on an 1845 German children's book by Heinrich Hoffman. That book was enjoying a revival in Germany in the early 1900s, and several dollmakers presented versions of Struwwelpeter, including Steiff. This presentation by Kammer and Reinhardt is very rare and was likely a special commission order; another example is shown in Cieslik's German Doll Encyclopedia, page 3. Value Points: wonderful and very rare portrayal of high-spirited mirthful child, with choicest bisque, original unique body, original wig, is wearing original silk costume with bead and silk fringe accents. The doll is featured in the book, The Rose Unfolds, by Rosalie Whyel and Susan Hedrick, page 235.