Rare American Composition Doll Portraying Shirley Temple as Baby by Ideal, Ex-Shirley Temple Collection

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25" (64 cm.) Composition swivel head on composition shoulder plate, very plump face, hazel sleep and "flirty" eyes, human hair lashes, open mouth with double row of teeth, impressed dimples that are distinctively placed, blonde mohair wig in ringlet curls, muslin torso and upper legs, composition plump baby arms and lower legs. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Shirley Temple. Comments: Ideal, circa 1935, the baby model of the child star Shirley Temple was introduced by Ideal in the mid-1930s in ads stating, "They look like Shirley at 2 years." Value Points: rare size of the sought-after model is wearing original organdy dress with ruffled collar and yoke, matching bonnet, undergarments, shoes and socks, and once owned by the child star herself, Shirley Temple. The doll appeared in the estate catalog, "Love, Shirley Temple", #125.