American Cloth Moravian Doll Known as "Maggie-Bessie"

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14" (36 cm.) All-cloth doll with flat-dimensional face, oil-painted complexion, hair and facial features, short dark brown center-parted hair with feathering details, painted brown eyes, black and brown upper eyeliner, feathered brows, outlined nose with accented nostrils, closed mouth, stitch-jointed body, oil-painted lower arms and legs. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: created by Bessie and Maggie Pfohl in their Moravian community of Salem, North Carolina, early 1900s. Value Points: superbly-preserved early cloth doll wearing original costume, seldom seen, usually the costume was pink or blue simple dress; bonnet and apron here are unique.