Sa****55
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Description
14" (36 cm.) Composition head with distinctively sculpted facial features and hair that exactly captures the appearance and personality of the early silent film actor, center-parted neatly-combed sculpted hair, high arched brows, deeply set painted eyes, strong nose, closed mouth in laughing expression with two rows of beaded teeth, impressed dimples, plump muslin body with short limbs, sewn-on black shoes, composition hands. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: John Bunny Doll Copyright L.A. & S 1914 Made exclusively by Louis Amberg & Son, N.Y. with the consent of John Bunny, the famous Moving Picture hero of the Vitagraph Co. (cloth label on costume). Comments: Amberg, circa 1914. Value Points: rare and superbly sculpted doll with well-preserved condition and costume.