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Description
18" (46 cm.) One-piece wooden head and torso, egg-shaped head, flat-back, painted complexion and facial features, black enamel eyes, "dot" lashes, single stroke brows, accented eye corners and nostrils, tiny closed mouth, rosy cheeks, black beauty spot, original brunette human hair wig in tiny ringlets, cloth upper arms, wooden lower arms, simplistically-carved upper legs, dowel-jointing at hips and knees, shapely legs. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: English, late 18th century. Value Points: the doll has well-preserved original costume including blue silk quilted petticoat, separate coin pockets, hand-stitched stays, three undergarments, blouse with embroidered collar, ruffled bonnet, apron, transfer-printed robe with exotic bird design, and an early ink-script paper note indicating "this doll belonged to Mary Wilson, Tranby Croft 1772".