American Hand-Painted Cloth Doll by Babyland Rag in Original Costume with Toy

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15" (38 cm.) All-cloth doll with flat-dimensional face, hand-painted facial features, large brown upper-glancing outlined eyes, red eyeliner accents, one-stroke brows, outlined nose, painted closed mouth, blushed cheeks, blonde mohair wig, muslin stitch-jointed body, mitten hands. Condition: near mint. Comments: Babyland Rag, circa 1895 for Horsman. Value Points: fine original state of preservation with artistically painted features, the doll is wearing her original dress and bonnet, and carries an early hand-stitched calico toy kangaroo.