$750
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Description
22" (56 cm.) All-cloth doll with pressed and oil-painted facial features and hair, stitched ears, painted large brown eyes with dark eye liner, unpainted lashes excepting fringe at bottom rim, thick brows, short painted hair, upturned nose, closed mouth with full lips, very plump body with hip and shoulder stitch-jointing, separated fingers, painted red ankle boots with black outline, antique gown. Condition: good, some craquelure and paint rubs and wear, finger and toe tips worn. Comments: Ella Smith, circa 1900, a very rare early experimental model with unusual over-sized ears, separated fingers, and distinctive eye painting, wearing antique costume, and including early vintage photo of child holding an Alabama Baby; the doll is featured in the book Ella Smith and the Alabama Doll Scrapbook, by Jacque Shafer.