#93

American Cloth Alabama Baby with Bobbed Hair
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$600
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Description
14" (36 cm.) All-cloth doll with firmly-pressed and oil-painted facial features,painted brown hair with shaded detail and short bobbed style,painted large blue eyes,brown eyeliner with all-around painted lashes,short fringed brows,accented nostrils of tiny rounded nose,closed mouth,stitch- jointing at shoulders and hips,painted blue ankle boots,antique cotton costume. Condition: generally excellent,one small cheek rub,painted finish worn away on boot fronts. Marks: Ella Smith stamp on front torso). Comments: Alabama Baby,created and made in home studio of dollmaker Ella Smith,circa 1915. Value Points: dear size with wonderful detail of painted hair,great expression.