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16" (41 cm.) Composition socket head with very characterized expression, wooden top hat of band leader with black brim, composition torso sculpted as a red jacket with applied wooden buttons and yellow cord, all-wooden jointed arms and legs, wooden hands with slits designed for holding promotional signs, painted wooden shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: General Electric Radio (and GE logo on hat). Comments: the figure was designed by famed American illustrator, Maxfield Parrish, as a promotional piece for General Electric, and created in doll form by Joseph Kallus of Cameo, circa 1930. Value Points: rare and intricately-designed fabulous character by celebrated American illustrator.