$1,300
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Description
11" (28 cm.) and 12". Each has gesso-over-wooden
head with sculpted hair and painted facial
features,and dowel and pin jointed body with
pewter hands and feet. The blonde haired model has
swivel head and painted blue shoes,and the black
haired model has straight neck and painted black
shoes. Condition: good/very good,original finish
on each with slight craquelure and paint rubs.
Comments: Joel Ellis and Mason and Taylor
dolls,circa 1875. Value Points: well-preserved
American dolls demonstrating ingenuity in the
search for sturdy and playable dolls.