
30" (76 cm.) All cloth doll with side-seamed head, pressed and oil painted facial features, brown painted eyes with lushly painted lashes and eye liner, thick painted brows, closed mouth with bow-shaped lips, molded ears, painted curly brown baby hair under long brunette human hair wig, cloth body with stitch-jointing at shoulders, hips and knees, bare feet, antique baby gown with hand embroidery at yoke and cuffs. Condition: very good, original painted finish with some craquelure. Comments: Ella Smith's Alabama Baby, circa 1919, the doll with alternate painted/wigged hair was shown in her catalog of that year. Value Points: rare large size with original paint, appealing expression, original wig; the 30" size was not listed in the catalog and was available by special order only.