This is a previously-owned, used HANSEL & GRETEL stuffed doll, of unknown origin and year (cotton-blend).  Unfortunately, it shows some wear and has a tear in its right hand.  The doll measures approximately 10½ inches high and has a flap that lifts up to reveal more characters and story (Hansel, Gretel, the Witch, a Cookie person, and the father / woodcutter). Hansel and Gretel is a fairy tale of Germanic origin, adapted by the Brothers Grimm and earlier by Giambattista Basile. The tale as we know it from Brothers Grimm was meant to be a pleasant fable for middle-class consumers of the 19th century; the original however was probably an admonishment of the hardships of medieval life…