#163

American Cloth Black Doll by Bruckner in Original Costume
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$550
sold
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Description
14" (36 cm.) All cloth doll with mask pressed and painted facial features,brown upper glancing eyes,brows and lashes,accented eye corners,painted smiling mouth with double row of teeth,black mohair braids under attached blue cotton bandana,brown muslin stitch-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Bruckner,circa 1900,early model with hand-painted features. Value Points: well-preserved American folk doll by Alfred Bruckner of Jersey City,New Jersey,wearing original red cotton dress,muslin undergarments,apron.