Lot Essay
This doll was based on the character who dipped the naughty boys in his ink pot as a punishment for teasing a black boy
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Nikolas, an unusual Steiff character doll
from the German children's book Strewelpeter, with blue eyes, grey hair and beard and original outfit of long brown felt coat trimmed with mohair, felt and mohair cap, black felt suit and yellow slippers - 17½.in. 44cm. high, circa 1908 (some moth damage)
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from the German children's book Strewelpeter, with blue eyes, grey hair and beard and original outfit of long brown felt coat trimmed with mohair, felt and mohair cap, black felt suit and yellow slippers - 17½.in. 44cm. high, circa 1908 (some moth damage)
See illustration