Rare Early American Cloth Topsy-Turvy Attributed to Emma Adams

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13" (33 cm.) On top and bottom of a cloth torso are displayed two different cloth heads, designed so the costume of one hides the head of the other when not in view; each head is constructed in the classic system utilized by Emma Adams for her Columbian doll of 1893, with flat face which is adhered in a gathered fashion around the outer edges and attached to a rounded back crown; each doll with oil-painted complexion, hair and facial features, including brown haired white-complexioned girl with painted blue eyes, and black haired brown-complexioned girl with painted brown eyes, each with original costume. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: American, attributed to Emma Adams, circa 1890. Value Points: very rare early Topsy-Turvy doll is virtually unknown.