$16,500
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Description
16" (41 cm.) Each of the pair of highly-characterized dolls depicting adult gentlemen has
carved wooden socket head with carved hair and painted facial features,wooden spring-
jointed Schoenhut body and original costume and Schoenhut stand; one has scowling face
with incised wrinkles thick bushy grey brows and sideburns that extend from ears to
nose,long point nose,squinting eyes,and a carved "comb-over" hairstyle to disguise his
otherwise baldness,wearing black woolen formal coat,grey trousers,vest,shirt,and tie with
stickpin,spats and black leather shoes; the other gentleman has a decidedly pleased
expression with painted wide-open brown eyes,more-refined shaping of brows,moustache
and sideburns and carved hair brushed away from face (although still bald),and is wearing a
green woolen jacket,plaid pants,shirt,tie,black stockings and cream shoes,with cigarette in
mouth hole. Condition: generally excellent,original finish,fingers scuffed,scowling man has
forehead rub. Marks: Schoenhut Doll,Pat. Jan 17,?11 USA & Foreign Countries. Comments:
Schoenhut,circa 1911,according to exhaustive research by Carol Corson,reported on pages
178-184 of her book,Schoenhut Dolls,the dolls were one-of-a-kind characters inspired by the
political cartoons drawn by Herbert Johnson for The North American and were meant to depict
"Mr Common People" of those cartoons. Value Points: extremely rare characters with
wonderfully-carved details of expression,well-preserved,and historical significant,one-of-a-
kind dolls. $8000/12,000