$1,500
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Description
15" (38 cm.) All-cloth doll with pressed and oil-painted
complexion,facial features and hair,the blonde hair with
two extended braids onto her shoulders,painted blue
eyes,black upper lashes,accented nostrils,closed
mouth,blushed cheeks,sateen body,oil-painted stitch-
jointed limbs,wearing antique dress and
undergarments,stockings,shoes. Condition: generally
excellent. Comments: Martha Chase of Rhode Island,circa
1910,from a series of storybook characters introduced by
her at that time,Little Nell presumably based on the
character from Dickens" Old Curiosity Shop; the series was
unsuccessful and few examples were made. Value Points:
very rare doll in impeccable original condition with
beautiful painting and construction.