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19" (48 cm.) Carved wooden socket head depicting angular-faced adult man, sculpted brown hair swept behind the ears, deep-intaglio brown eyes with well-defined crinkles around the sockets, pronounced nose, closed mouth with firmly-set lips, all-wooden slender elongated body with spring-jointed limbs, swivel waist. Condition: good, original finish on face and hair albeit some scuffing, limbs repainted. Marks: Schoenhut Doll Pat. Jam 17th,1911 USA. Comments: Schoenhut, circa 1915, the doll, depicting a young adult man, was intended originally as a "Manikin for Students of Fine Art, or as Dressed Figure for Window Display" according to the 1914 Schoenhut catalog; its body style closely resembles the wooden art mannequins that had been made in Germany for nearly 200 years. Value Points: very rare model by Schoenhut with wonderfully-sculpted face and extra details of articulation, costumed as football player with leather helmet and carrying leather football.