Super rare antique German, FOXY GRANDPA doll toy with moving jaw, mint condition

Description

This very RARE, antique German doll or toy figure represents
"Foxy Grandpa"
from the
comic strip of the same name by C. E. (his nick name of bunny*) Schultze in the Sunday New York Herald, c.1900 and The New York Journal
. He has a wonderfully molded & painted deep furrowed brow, solid bald dome with molded grey molded hair eyebrows, sideburns and hair at the back of his head beneath his yellow straw molded hat
,
blue painted eyes
, broad nose,
molded and painted, silver horn rimmed glasses, deep wrinkles, prominent fat cheeks and large ears
. His lower composition or papier-mâché arms are attached with original blue paper bands and his cardboard and paper mache body is
original
as is his
two-piece muslin suit, shirt and neck tie and tall composition, painted
black boots with heels
.
Grandpa
opens and closes his jaw
when his chest is pressed and  measures about 12 1/2" tall in mint condition with all original paint and no cracks, chips or other damages or repairs, no repaint and no odors. Original rare, "Foxy Grandpa", pin is also included.
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