#312

American Cloth Alabama Baby in Original Costume
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$1,200
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Description
14" (36 cm.) Pressed cloth shoulderhead separately stitched to firmly-stuffed muslin body,pressed and oil-painted face and brown hair in modified bobbed fashion with delicate tendril bangs and square-shaped at sides and back,painted brown eyes encircled by long lashes,feathered brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth,stitch- jointed oil-painted limbs,painted pink boots with black highlights. Condition: generally excellent,small paint rub on each cheek. Comments: Ella Smith's "Alabama Baby",circa 1915. Value Points: delightful size with beautiful painting of hair and eyes,original body,wonderful antique dress and cap,undergarments.