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20"(51 cm.) Wax head and torso to waist,with jointed long slender arms,the right arm
modeled bent at the elbow,her head upturned,and having long slender throat and modeled
bosom and waist,painted side-glancing eyes with white eyedots,dark grey eyeshadow,closed
mouth,muslin lower torso,wax lower limbs,feet posed as high heels with painted shoes,and
wearing original black crepe de chine evening dress,hair feathers,pearls. Condition: generally
excellent,tiny nose dent. Marks: To Billie Tyrrell,Blanche Hackett Sweet (autographed on the
back torso). Comments: portrait doll of the early 20th century stage and silent film
star,Blanche Sweet,born 1896,and died at age 90 in 1986. Considered one of the foremost
actresses of the silent film era,she acted under contract to lumionaries such as D.W. Griffin
and Cecil B. DeMille; her career ended with the demise of silent films. Value Points: an apt
portrait of a noted actress,enhanced with her autograph.