#230

American Black Stockinette Doll with Shoe Button Eyes
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$600
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19" (48 cm.) The black stockinette doll has rounded face with stitched wool-yarn cap wig,black shoe button eyes on white background,embroidered nostril accents and lips,stitch jointing at shoulders and hips,stitched hands. Condition: generally excellent,wool yarn hair is very sparse. Comments: American handmade doll,circa 1890. Value Points: imaginative use of materials in the creation of the appealing doll,wearing antique multi-layered costume including knit booties,straw bonnet,wool coat,brooch.