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10" (25 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head with sculpted short black curly hair, painted facial features, blue eyes, closed mouth, on original carton body with floor-length "skirt" which encloses the mechanism, brass feet, leather arms, antique silk and lace original costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Patented July 15th, 1862, also in Europe 20 Dec. 1862. Comments: Enoch Morrison's patented walking doll marketed as "Autoperipatetikous", 1862. Value Points: all-original early American patented doll.