#291

Two 19th Century Cloth Nannies with Babies
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$500
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8" (20 cm.) larger. Each is of tightly-woven muslin with stitch-shaped nose and embroidered features,stitched-on thread hair,all-cloth hand-sewn body. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: mid-19th century,the dolls are shown and discussed in Ackerman's Dolls in Miniature,page 44. Value Points: each doll wears her original simple cotton dress and apron,and is holding a similarly made miniature cloth baby.