#257

Pair,American Cloth Characters
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$900
sold
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Description
13" (33 cm.) Each doll has mask-pressed face with arch-shaped large side-glancing googly eyes,black outline around the eyes,four curly upper lashes,button-shaped nose with red blush tip,small s-curved mouth,chubby blushed cheeks,peach muslin stitch-jointed body with sewn-on striped stockings; the girl with blonde yarn hair braids,and red and white striped stockings; the boy with curly red yarn hair,and blue and white stockings. Condition: generally excellent,Susie has wear to hat and to yarn hair at back of head. Comments: "Susie Q" ( or "Bobby Q") Madame Alexander New York. Comments: Alexander,circa 1935. Value Points: the dolls wear their original felt and costumes,and were the childhood property of child film star,Jane Withers; included is a photograph of Withers with her doll collection including these dolls,and a signed certificate attesting that the dolls once belonged to her.