$13,000
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Description
14" (36 cm.) All-cloth doll with flat-dimensional face,oil-painted complexion,hair and facial
features,short brown center-parted hair with feathering details,shaded blue eyes,black and
brown upper eyeliner,feathered brows,outlined nose with accented nostrils,closed mouth,stitch-
jointed body,oil-painted lower arms and legs. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: created
by Bessie and Maggie Pfohl in their Moravian community of Salem,North Carolina,circa 1900.
Value Points: rare doll in superb original condition with splendid artistry,wearing original rose
cotton dress with hand-made rick-rack trim,sunbonnet,stockings and shoes.