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19" (48 cm.) Black complexioned paper mache head with rounded chubby facial shape of young toddler, black sculpted hair in tightly-cropped curls, small brown glass inset eyes with black eyeliner, shaped black brows, rounded nose, slightly-open mouth with two lower teeth, brown muslin torso, brown composition arms and legs, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent, some paint rubs on hands. Marks: 1888. Comments: Leo Moss, early 1900s, the doll was known as "Georgie" by the Moss family, according to oral tradition. Value Points: wonderful young childlike features with especially well-detailed modeling and hair sculpting. From the Myla Perkins collection, featured in museum exhibitions and in her book, Black Dolls (Collector Books, 1993), page 14.