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Description
14"(36 cm.) Composition head with distinctively sculpted facial features and hair that exactly
captures the appearance and personality of the early silent film actor,having center-parted
neatly-combed sculpted hair,high arched brows,deeply set painted eyes,strong nose,closed
mouth in laughing expression with two rows of beaded teeth,impressed dimples,plump
muslin body with short limbs,sewn on black shoes,composition hands. Condition: generally
excellent. Marks: John Bunny Doll Copyright L.A. & S 1914 Made exclusively by Louis Amberg
& Son,N.Y. with the consent of John Bunny,the famous Moving Picture hero of the Vitagraph
Co. (cloth label on costume). Comments: Amberg,circa 1914,another example of the John
Bunny doll appears as #144 in this catalog,with a variation of costume,both being original and
tagged. Value Points: rare and superbly sculpted doll with perfectly-preserved condition and
costume.