#439

American Composition Character by Jessie McCutcheon Raleigh
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$450
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Description
13" (33 cm.) All firm-composition,socket head with sculpted hair in short bobbed fashion with side-part and painted blue barette,painted blue upper glancing eyes,fringed lashes,one-stroke brows,rounded nose,closed mouth with row of painted teeth,five-piece body with spring-jointing at shoulders and hips. Condition: generally excellent,some light craquelure on torso. Comments: Jessie McCutcheon Raleigh,her doll company was highly touted when her first dolls appeared,although they were created for four years only,1916-1920,making them quite rare today. Value Points: rare-to-find doll with very stylized sculpted hair,original finish.