American Cloth Doll by Martha Chase

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23" (58 cm.) Stockinette doll with firmly-pressed and oil-painted facial features,light brown impasto-painted hair,painted brown eyes with white accent dots,red upper eyeliner,painted lashes,accented nostrils,closed mouth,stitch jointing at shoulders,elbows,hips and knees,sateen torso cover,oil-painted lower arms and legs,antique costume. Condition: generally excellent,original painted finish with few paint rubs on hair. Comments: American,Martha Chase,circa 1910. Value Points: rarer brown eyes,excellent detail of modeling including blushed ears.