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Description
11"l. (28 cm.) Solid domed baby head of light wax over paper mache with painted facial features, outlined blue eyes with white eye dots, closed mouth with painted teeth, original lace cap enclosing a tendril of curl at forehead, paper mache torso that encloses mechanism, metal-hinged paper mache limbs in crawling pose. Condition: generally excellent, mechanism functions well. Marks: Mechanical Creeping Baby, No. 49-S, I.B. & CO (box label with illustration of the doll). Comments: IVes & Blaeslee, Connecticut, circa 1870. Value Points: perfectly preserved with original ribbon-trimmed costume, original finish, the doll is stored in its original box with key.