#129

American Cloth
Live Auction

$1,100
sold
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Description
18" (46 cm.) All-cloth doll with hard-pressed and oil-painted facial features,complexion and shaded brown hair with detailed curls,stitched ears,painted brown eyes with very long painted lashes,feathered brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with full lips,stitch-jointing at shoulders and hips,painted hip-high blue stockings,black painted buttons. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Patented Sept. 26,1905 No.1 Mrs. S.S. Smith The Alabama Indestructible Doll Roanoke Ala. Comments: Ella Smith,Alabama Baby,circa 1910. Value Points: fine original finish of the American craft studio doll with especially fine artistic painting.