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Description
14"(36 cm.) Composition head with uniquely sculpted facial features and reddish center-
parted hair,intaglio-painted blue eyes with white eyedots and black upper eyeliner,high
comma-shaped brows,closed mouth with laughing expression and two rows of beaded
teeth,impressed laughter dimples in cheeks,muslin body with disc-jointing at shoulders and
hips,chubby tummy,stitched black shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: John Bunny
Doll c. L.A. & C 1914 exclusively by Louis Amberg with consent of John Bunny (cloth label on
costume). Comments: an apt portrait of John Bunny (1863-1915),actor and comedian,who
began in minstrel and vaudeville work,and from 1910 to his early death in 1915,became an
international celebrity of silent film comedies. Value Points: rare and perfectly preserved
portrait doll,with uniquely sculpted face,and with original labeled costume.