German Cloth Character, Series I, by Kathe Kruse

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16" (41 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 brown 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 4843 (feet). Comments: Kathe Kruse, the first model doll, circa 1915. Value Points: wonderfully-preserved doll with fine original painting, rarer brown hair and eyes, especially fine modeling of features, very clean and sturdy body.