#241

American Wooden Doll in Original Costume by Mason and Taylor
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$1,000
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Description
12" (30 cm.) All-wooden doll with swivel head,sculpted short blonde hair with painted-over- gesso finish,painted facial features,blue eyes,feathered brows,finely-finished wooden body with dowel-jointing at shoulders,elbows,hips and knees,metal hands and feet,painted green ankle boots. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Mason and Taylor of Vermont,circa 1880. Value Points: fine original condition of the early American doll,along with her original blue/cream plaid gown with black velvet trim,undergarments.