#414

19th Century Rare American Patented Toy by William Goodwin
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$400
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Description
11" (28 cm.) A bisque head doll with blonde sculpted hair and painted facial features has wooden block torso, metal hands looped to hold carriage handle bar, metal legs, metal feet, original red woolen gown, and is attached to a tin and cast iron three-wheeled carriage which, when wound, causes the girl to lift her feet up and down moving the carriage along. Condition: generally excellent, carriage finish original albeit a tad worn. Comments: from the original patent design of William Goodwin, circa 1875. Value Points: good early toy, the doll with original costume.