#93

American Brown-eyed Cloth
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$2,300
sold
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Description
24" (61 cm.) All cloth doll with pressed and oil painted features,brown shaded hair in soft short curls onto the forehead,stitched on ears,large painted brown eyes with thickly painted black lashes,feathered brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with shaded lips,stitch-jointed body with oil-painted arms and legs,bare feet,cotton baby dress,undergarments. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Mrs. S.S. Smith,Patented September 26,19 No 3 (body stamp). Comments: Ella Smith's Alabama Baby,circa 1910. Value Points: wonderful facial painting with entrancing large brown eyes,original finish is well preserved on the rarer bare-foot model.