Smaller Companion American Oil Cloth Painted Doll

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14" (36 cm.) All-cloth doll with one-piece head and torso, rounded flat-dimensional face, black painted short hair, rounded outlined blue eyes with pronounced black pupils, single stroke brows, nostril dots, closed mouth, thick throat, oil-painted body and limbs, stitch-jointed arms, painted ankle boots, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent, paint rubs along the head seam line. Comments: American, circa 1910, maker unknown. Value Points: bright eager expression is well achieved on the unusually-shaped doll.