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Description
22" (56 cm.) All-cloth doll with pressed and oil-painted features,shaded brown oil-painted hair in soft short curls onto the forehead and at sides of head,stitched-on ears,painted cornflower-blue eyes with thickly-painted black lashes,feathered brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with shaded lips,stitch- jointed body with oil-painted arms and legs,painted thigh-high blue stockings with outlined shoe buttons,antique cotton dress and undergarments. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: No 2 Patented September 26,1905 Mrs. S.S. Smith Manufacturer Roanoke Ala. (body stamp). Comments: Ella Smith's Alabama Baby,circa 1910. Value Points: wonderfully-preserved with especially artful shading of brown hair,fine rosy cheeks.