#214

American Wooden "Pinn Family" by Schoenhut in Original Costumes
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Description
6" (15 cm.) -12". Each has egg-shaped wooden head with flat-cut swivel neck, painted facial features in caricature style, yarn hair, wooden block torso with clothespin-style arms and legs. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: patent pending, Copyrighted 1935 E.T.M. (on feet). Comments: Schoenhut, circa 1935, marketed as the Pinn Family in reference to their clothespin bodies. Value Points: the amusing six dolls each wear their original costumes and have amusing variations of facial design.