#31

American Wooden Folk-Doll in Gingerbread Shape
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$350
sold
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Description
12" (30 cm). All-wooden carved doll in flat-dimension with slight shaping to edges, has one piece head and torso, pin-jointing at shoulders and hips, dowel-jointed feet. The nose and mouth are naively shaped, inset amber glass eyes. Condition: generally excellent, one eye partially missing. Comments: American, circa 1875. Value Points: appealing folk art doll with thoughtful construction.