$1,000
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Description
26" (66 cm.) All-cloth doll has stiffened
oil-painted facial features and
complexion,flat-dimensional excepting raised
stitching detail of brows,noseand ears,outlined
painted brown eyes,outlined nostrils and
mouth,defined throat,stitch-jointed arms and legs
with oil-painted lower limbs,original sparsehuman
hair handmadewig,and wearing original muslin night
shirt,undergarments,ruffled bonnet. Condition:
fair/good,unrestored,with rubs to painted finish.
Comments: American,mid-19th century. ValuePoints:
imaginativeconstruction details lend character to
theface,with very artistic painting of features.