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Description
8" (20 cm.) -10". Each has hand-carved wooden head with unique facial features on each creating a wealth of personalities and moods, some tinting of facial features to enhance the carving, yarn hair, firmly-stuffed cloth body, artist-made original costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: (some with original paper label describing the name and theme of the doll). Comments: Avis Lee, the folk artist created this series in the 1940s; see lot 288 of this catalog for more details about her. Value Points: included in the rare group are Pilgrim pair, "Jerry the Spirit of ‘44", gap-toothed girl with wide smile, "Larry, A Little Newsie" newspaper boy, and others.