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Description
23" (58 cm.) All-cloth doll with pressed and oil-painted facial features, oil-painted shaded brown hair, stitched-on ears, painted blue eyes, dark eyeliner and all-around thick painted lashes, fringed brows, closed mouth, stitch jointing at hips and shoulders, oil-painted lower limbs, bare feet, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent, rubs on cheeks and nose. Marks: (partly legible stamp of Mrs. S.S. Smith. Comments: Alabama Baby, from the cottage industry of Ella Smith, circa 1900. Value Points: brilliant eyes with richly painted lashes, rare bare feet.