Lot Essay
'Gaucho' and his partner 'Tina' were part of the Circus Series.
Details
A rare Steiff Argentinian 'Gaucho' doll
with felt head and hands, black shoe button eyes, cinnamon mohair hair and moustache, original cloth costume, leather soled boots with spurs, felt hat and button in ear --14in. (35.5cm.) tall, circa 1913 (tiny faint pin holes below chin, slight dicolouring to costume)
See Colour Plate 8
with felt head and hands, black shoe button eyes, cinnamon mohair hair and moustache, original cloth costume, leather soled boots with spurs, felt hat and button in ear --14in. (35.5cm.) tall, circa 1913 (tiny faint pin holes below chin, slight dicolouring to costume)
See Colour Plate 8
Literature
Button In Ear, Jurgen & Marianne Cieslik, page 134.