#350

American Oil-Painted Cloth Folk Doll with Amusing Little Dolls
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18" (46 cm.) All-cloth doll with very plump square-shaped face and torso,center-seam face,oil-painted complexion,blonde hair and facial features,outlined blue eyes,brows,outlined nose,shaded lips,elaborate stitching of plump body shape,velvet shoes,wearing white pique dress and fancy ruffled bonnet. Condition: very good with typical craquelure. Comments: American,circa 1890. Value Points: delightful folk art doll with original finish,the well-fed little girl holds her own two little lithographed-print dolls depicting crying babies.