American Hand-Painted Topsy-Turvy from Babyland Rag

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12" (30 cm.) An alternate doll head is posed on either side of a muslin torso,and designed so that the full-length costume which accompanies each head will hide the alternate head. When the doll is flipped over,the second head and second costume appear. Each head has muslin face with hand-painted facial features and hair including a blue-eyed white-complexioned girl wearing blue print dress and apron,and a brown-eyed brown-complexioned girl wearing red cotton dress,with apron and bandana. Condition: very good,some staining of faces. Comments: early model of Babyland Rag's topsy- turvy,circa 1895. Value Points: well-preserved original costumes on the early models.