#83

American Raggedy Ann by Volland with Hand-Painted Features
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$750
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Description
16" (41 cm.) All-cloth doll,stitch-jointing at shoulders and hips,cardboard heart,brown worsted yarn hair,black shoe button eyes on painted eye white,painted facial features with six lashes,lightly-outlined slanted nose,broad grin on thin line mouth,red and white narrow-striped stockings,brown (faded black?) sewn-on shoes,original patterned dress,pinafore,and pantalets. Condition: very good. Marks: Patented Sept 7,1915. Comments: Raggedy Ann by Volland,circa 1920,unusual to find hand-painted features. Value Points: rare early model of the beloved storybook doll in especially nice condition for this doll.