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Description
30" (76 cm.) All-muslin doll with side seams and back seam on the
dome-shaped head with thick neck,painted brown short curly
hair,subtly blushed oil-painted complexion and features,outlined
shaded-blue eyes,brush stroked brows,thick outlined nose with
accented nostrils,painted lips with wide center accent line,stitch
jointing at shoulders,hips and knees,antique costume. Condition:
generally excellent. Comments: American,circa 1880s. Value points:
most endearing large folk doll whose naive painting is as that of
itinerant portrait painters who traveled from town-to-town in
19th-century America; in this case,the "painting" is in doll form
rather than as a framed painting.