$750
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Description
28" (71 cm.) All-cloth homespun doll with stitched-on shoulder
head with flat-dimensional face and rounded back of head having
center back seam,oil-painted hair and face,large blue painted blue
eyes with pronounced white eye dots,outlined brows,eye
sockets,nostrils and even the philtrum,defined nostrils,closed
mouth with center accent line,shaded blonde short curly hair with
painted blue hair band and bow,cloth body with stitch jointing at
shoulders,elbows,hips and knees,oil-painted lower arms with
stitch-defined fingers and separate thumbs,antique
dress,undergarments,stockings and leather shoes. Condition:
generally excellent,some typical rubs on face. Comments:
American,circa 1890. A curious pencil inscription on the left leg
reads "Origina [sic] "Raggdy [sic] Ann Culpitts NB family"
suggesting the doll was given that designation by a later owner of
the doll. The doll owns three little vintage dolls and animals.
Value Points: the naive painting is harmoniously enhanced by fine
sense of artistry on this wonderful early portrait painting in
doll form and intriguing family notations.