#440

American Wooden Doll by Schoenhut
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Description

21" (53 cm). Carved/pressed wooden socket head, intaglio brown eyes with white upper glancing eye dots, black upper eyeliner and lightly feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with solemn expression, brunette mohair tacked-on wig, all-wooden spring-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent, paint chip on right brow. Marks: Pat. Jan 17,'11 USA and Foreign Countries. Comments: Schoenhut, circa 1915. Value Points: original finish with appealing lustrous patina, original wig, antique woolen boy's Sunday best suit, saddle shoes, and carrying little tin lithographed whistle with figural design.