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Description
14" (36 cm.) Bisque head with flanged neck, sculpted brown hair in short bobbed fashion with forehead bangs, round blue glass sleep eyes, painted lashes, tinted brows, rounded nose tip, accented nostrils, closed mouth with shaded and accented lips, muslin body, composition limbs, peach crepe dress, undergarments, shoes, stockings. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Copr by Grace C. Rockwell Germany 1397/30. Comments: Germany, circa 1925, from a series of American artist-designed dolls commissioned by Borgfeldt; the series included works by Drayton, Putnam, Averill, Helen Jensen, Orsini and Kallus as well as Grace Corry Rockwell; this doll is likely her model marketed as "Betty Jean" (later copyrighted as "Pretty Peggy"). Value Points: rare model with great characterization, fine quality bisque and painting.