#118

American Wooden Carved Hair Girl by Schoenhut with Original Shoes
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18" (46 cm.) Carved wooden socket head,deeply carved hair with center-part waved away from face and forming into two braids captured by a sculpted pink bow,intaglio blue eyes with prominent black pupils,white eye dots,red and black upper eyeliner,single-stroke brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with pouty expression,all-wooden spring-jointed body,antique costume and original pale blue kidskin Schoenhut shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Schoenhut Doll Pat. Jan. 17,1911,USA & Foreign Countries. Comments: Schoenhut,circa 1912. Value Points: rare model with fine carved detail of hair,original finish well preserved,rare original shoes.