Käthe Kruse doll and little turtle "Bärbel" girl type VIII "The German Child", c. 1955, unstamped soles, swivel nettle head with a seam at the back of the head, brown painted eyes with dots of light and blond hand-knotted real hair wig with plaits, slender nettle body with angled arms, elbow seam, moulded legs, modelled knees, knee-throat seam and stitched fingers and toes, in original dress, once much loved and in need of restoration, face with chipped paint and body old restored, l 52 cm, with small, barely used Schildkröt celluloid doll, marked SiR 25, with fixed head, embossed snail hairstyle, standing body and clothes, h 25 cm.

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