sa****36
Highest Bidder
$1,700
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sold
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- Estimate
- $1,800 / $2,400
Description
17" (43 cm.) All-cloth doll with three back-head seams, firmly-pressed and oil-painted hair and facial features, dark brown hair with forehead curl, lightly blushed ears, small blue painted eyes, black and brown upper eyeliner, lightly-tinted brows, rounded small nose, small closed mouth, stitch-jointed arms and separately-stitched thumbs, disc-jointed legs. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Kathe Kruse 8574 (feet). Comments: Kathe Kruse, the first model doll, circa 1915. Value Points: wonderfully-preserved doll with fine original painting, rarer dark brown hair, and wearing early (possibly original) costume with embroidered blouse and Dutch style cap.