#59

Composition Shirley Temple by Ideal in "Birthday Dress"
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$400
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Description
18" (46 cm.) All composition with socket head and five piece body, sleep eyes, mohair lashes, original blonde mohair wig in ringlet curls. Marks: Shirley Temple Cop. Ideal N&TCo (head) Shirley Temple (torso). Condition: generally excellent. Comments: wearing red floral-patterned red cotton dress with distinctive collar design, one-piece undergarments, socks, shoes and early celluloid pin. Ideal, circa 1935, known as the "birthday dress" for its similarity to dress design shown to commemorate Shirley's sixth birthday. Ideal, 1935, with NRA woven label on the dress.