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VINTAGE, HARD PLASTIC KEWPIE DOLL WITH INSERTED BLUE PLASTIC EYES.
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Main centres: | 1-3 business days |
Regional areas: | 3-4 business days |
Remote areas: | 3-5 business days |
Main centres: | 1-3 business days |
Regional areas: | 3-4 business days |
Remote areas: | 3-5 business days |
SHIPPING R55.00.
LARGE KEWPIE DOLL
THE FIRST KEWPIE DOLLS WERE PRODUCED IN 1912, BASED ON ILLUSTRATIONS OF KEWPIES THAT APPEARED IN LADIES HOME JOURNAL STARTING IN 1909. APPARENTLY ROSIE O'NEIL, A RENOUNED ARTIST AWOKE FROM AN AFTERNOON SLEEP AFTER DREAMING OF ANGELS FLYING AROUND HER, SHE IMMEADIATELY DREW THE " ANGELS " OF HER DREAM. THE DOLLS THAT WERE PRODUCED WERE BASED ON A SCULPTURE BY NOTED ARTIST JOSEPH CALLUS. THE DOLLS HAVE BEEN IN ALMOST CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION SINCE THAT TIME BY A WHOLE HOST OF COMPANIES. THIS HARD PLASTIC KEWPIE DOLL IS 63CM TALL, HAS WINGS AND HER DETAILED EYES ARE MADE OF ROUNDED PLASTIC THAT SEEMS TO BE INSERTED INTO POSITION. HER HEAD AND LIMBS MOVE, THERE IS A SMALL DENT TO ONE CHEEK AND A 2CM LONG SPLIT TO THE TOP OF ONE ARM.
SPLIT 2CM LONG.
SLIGHT DENT TO ONE CHEEK.