#222

Small American Cloth Brown-Eyed
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$2,300
sold
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Description
11" (28 cm.) All cloth doll has pressed and oil-painted facial features and hair,short brown curly painted hair,stitched-on ears,brown painted eyes,dark eyeliner,painted lashes,feathered brows,closed mouth,blushed cheeks,stitch-jointed body with oil-painted lower arms and legs,bare feet,pretty cotton dress and undergarments. Condition: generally excellent,some wear on hair. Marks: Mrs. S.S. Smith Manufacturer Roanoke Ala. Comments: Ella Smith's studio cloth doll marketed as "Alabama Baby",circa 1900. Value Points: rare petite size with fine original painting on face depicting an endearing child.