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Description
30"(76 cm.) Composition shoulder head depicting an adult man with strong facial
shape,pronounced nose,high forehead with neat side-parted brown painted hair,thick brown
brows,painted blue eyes with white eyedots,black and brown upper eyeliner,closed mouth in
slight smile with row of painted teeth,small brown painted moustache,muslin body,composition
gloved hands,faux feet with brown boots,wearing (probably original) checkered cotton
shirt,bandana,red pants,boots,belt. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: circa
1920s,according to research by Billie Nelson Tyrell,the doll represents John Barrymore,and the
likeness is remarkable although no documents exist to support or refute this. Value Points: very
rare composition doll with excellent quality of sculpting,very fine original finish.