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Description
16" (41 cm.) Felt swivel head with pressed and painted facial features, brown side-glancing eyes, grey eyeshadow, fringed curly upper lashes, closed mouth with accented bottom lip, brunette mohair bobbed wig, jointing at shoulders and hips. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Lenci 149/23 (paper label). Comments: Lenci, Italy, from the 1929 series. Value Points: the wistful-faced child wears pink organdy dress with ruffled hem and applique felt posies, organdy pantalets, original onesie, socks, and blue felt shoes, with blue felt-brimmed organdy bonnet with felt daisy at the ruffled cap-back. The actual doll is shown in the book, Lenci, The History and the Dolls, by Nancy Lazenby, page 104.