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Description
23" (58 cm.) Felt swivel head with pressed and painted facial features, brown side-glancing eyes, grey eyeshadow, fringed upper lashes and brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with accent dots on lower lip, blonde mohair wig in fleecy curls, jointing at shoulders and hips, mitten hands. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Lenci, Series 109, model 25, the early model appeared in the 1925 Lenci catalog. Value Points: the rare early doll is in pristine condition, wearing pink organdy dress with overlapping bright pink bands and collar, matching ruffled bonnet with pink streamers, felt applique yellow and white flowers, linen undergarment, pink felt shoes, and preserved in original labeled Lenci box. The actual doll is shown in the book, Lenci, the History and the Doll, by Nancy Lazenby, page 72.