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Description
20" (51 cm.) Firmly-stuffed black stockinette head with
stitch-shaped facial features,cut-out eye sockets with
eye whites having painted lashes and black shoe-button
eyes,embroidered nostrils and heart-shaped red lips,black
yarn hair cap,original brown muslin body with stitch-
jointing. Condition: generally excellent excepting repair
on nose and hair worn away. Comments: attributed to Julia
Beecher,of Elmira,New York,circa 1890,sister-in-law of
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Value Points: rarely found doll
with dear expression,sturdy body,original embroidery,fine
old costume.