$600
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Description
17" (43 cm.) All-cloth doll,stitch-attached head with stiffened
oil-painted hair,chin seam lending extra definition to head
shape,complexion and facial features,short brown delicately curled
hair,prominent brown painted eyes with eyeliner and brows,defined
nose with accented nostrils,closed mouth with center accent
line,muslin body with stitch jointing at shoulders,elbows,hips and
knees,oil-painted lower arms with stitch-defined fingers.
Condition: very good,some typical age rubs on complexion,some
patching on upper body. Comments: American,circa 1885,unknown folk
artist or small cottage industry. Value Points: nicely detailed
painting of face in the manner of itinerant portrait painters of
the era,nice antique
costume,undergarments,sunbonnet,stockings,shoes. Included is
antique toy wooden abacus.