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Auction archive: Lot number 140

Kathe Kruse 'Du Mein' sand baby in original box, circa 1930

Fine Dolls and Teddy Bear
23 May 2012 - 7 Jun 2012
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£5,625
ca. US$8,950
Auction archive: Lot number 140

Kathe Kruse 'Du Mein' sand baby in original box, circa 1930

Fine Dolls and Teddy Bear
23 May 2012 - 7 Jun 2012
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£5,625
ca. US$8,950
Beschreibung:

The finely painted cloth head with open painted brown eyes, slightly down turned mouth, and painted brown hair with wisps to sides, on a stockinette body with belly button and wearing a flannel vest and nappy with pink pin, sewn on label to right foot in yellow letters 'made in Germany', these life size baby dolls where filled with sand to weigh like a real baby, inspired by Kathe Kruse after the birth of her son Max in 1922, and where used in hospitals as training aids for new mothers, (a very fine and clean example, lacks lid to box), 48cm (19in) tall.

Auction archive: Lot number 140
Auction:
Datum:
23 May 2012 - 7 Jun 2012
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, Knightsbridge Montpelier Street Knightsbridge London SW7 1HH Tel: +44 20 7393 3900 Fax : +44 20 7393 3905 info@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

The finely painted cloth head with open painted brown eyes, slightly down turned mouth, and painted brown hair with wisps to sides, on a stockinette body with belly button and wearing a flannel vest and nappy with pink pin, sewn on label to right foot in yellow letters 'made in Germany', these life size baby dolls where filled with sand to weigh like a real baby, inspired by Kathe Kruse after the birth of her son Max in 1922, and where used in hospitals as training aids for new mothers, (a very fine and clean example, lacks lid to box), 48cm (19in) tall.

Auction archive: Lot number 140
Auction:
Datum:
23 May 2012 - 7 Jun 2012
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, Knightsbridge Montpelier Street Knightsbridge London SW7 1HH Tel: +44 20 7393 3900 Fax : +44 20 7393 3905 info@bonhams.com
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