American Cloth Folk Doll with Oil-Painted Features,Along with Early Teddy Bear

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27" (69 cm.) The all-cloth doll has flat-dimensional padded face and hair with side seams,oil-painted rosy complexion,brown short boyish hair,brown upper glancing eyes with outlined eye whites,brows,outlined nose,outlined lips,stitch-jointing at shoulders of short arms,and knees. Condition: very good,hands worn. Comments: American,late 1800s,the painter of the doll charmingly used the doll's torso to wipe her paint brush,perhaps assuming that the doll would always be dressed. Value Points: appealing folk art painting of facial features,wearing blue chambray overalls,sweater,knit sweater,leather boots,and having papa's red boxing gloves,and holding his own very worn early teddy bear with vintage photograph of a young boy and his own miniature boxing gloves.