#155

American Early Raggedy Ann by Volland with 1915 Patent Date
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$750
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Description
16" (41 cm.) All-cloth doll with flat-dimensional face,rounded black shoe-button eyes on painted eye whites,short angled brows,six lashes under each eye,black-outlined red nose,thin line mouth with gentle smile,brown worsted wool hair,stitch-jointed body with heart on torso,red and white striped sewn-on stockings with brown sewn-on shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Patented Sept 7,1915. Comments: Raggedy Ann by Volland,early 1920s model,from designs by Johnny Gruelle. Value Points: well-preserved condition of the early model,wearing her original paisley print dress in shades of brown,cream,purple and green,with white pinafore and bloomers.