#125

American Composition Doll by Ideal Portraying Shirley Temple as a Baby
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$4,250
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Description
25" (64 cm.) Composition swivel head on composition shoulder plate, very plump face, hazel sleep and "flirty" eyes, human hair lashes, open mouth with double row of teeth, impressed dimples that are distinctively placed, blonde mohair wig in ringlet curls, muslin torso and upper legs, composition plump baby arms and lower legs. The doll is wearing original organdy baby dress, ruffled bonnet, undergarments, and is marked Shirley Temple at the back of head. Excellent condition. American, Ideal, circa 1935. The baby model of Shirley Temple was introduced by Ideal in the mid-1930s in ads stating, "They look like Shirley at 2 years."