American Cloth Lithographed Topsy-Turvy by Bruckner

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11" (28 cm.) All-cloth doll with alternate doll head posed on either side of a muslin torso, and designed so that the full-length costume which accompanies each head will hide the alternate head. When the doll is flipped over, the second head and second costume appear. Each head has sewn-on lithographed face with pressed-mask features, including black child with brown eyes, painted black hair under mohair wig, smiling expression with double row of teeth, wearing red bandanna and cotton costume with apron; and white child with blue eyes, curly blonde hair, and wearing original red plaid muslin dress and apron. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Albert Bruckner, the dolls appeared in the Babyland Rag Series of Horsman, circa 1915. Value Points: fine original condition of the topsy-turvy dolls.