$1,300
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Description
19" (48 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
brows,nostrils,red lips,black yarn hair cap,attached to original brown muslin body with stitch-
jointing. Condition: very good,some old stitch repairs on face,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.