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American Cloth Moravian Doll Known as "Maggie-Bessie" in Pink Cotton Dress

Keeper of the Dolls
$59.00
1 . Two Framed Antique Photographs of Young Girls with Their Dolls
2 . German Tin Doll Carriage by Maerklin with Early Porcelain Doll
3 . Precious French Bisque Bebe, 5/0, by Rabery and Delphieu in Diminutive Size
4 . Beautiful French Bisque Bebe, 3/0, by Rabery and Delphieu with Splendid Eyes
5 . Rare German Blue and Cream Velvet "Bully" by Steiff with Red Cloth Label
6 . Framed Victorian Photograph of Father with Child and Doll
7 . French Bisque Bebe by Emile Jumeau, Original Costume, Signed Jumeau Shoes
8 . Pair, German Bisque "Boy and Girl with Pets" by Gebruder Heubach
9 . Two German All-Bisque Begging Pups by Gebruder Heubach
10 . German Bisque Character "Fany" by Marseille with Wonderful Antique Costume
11 . German Blue-Eyed All-Bisque Miniature by Kestner with Painted Grey Boots
12 . Doll's Mahogany Etagere with Miniature Silver Filigree Furnishings
13 . German Brown-Eyed All-Bisque Miniature Doll by Kestner with Painted Blue Boots
14 . Doll-Size Mahogany Three-Tier Table with Collection of Decorative Miniatures
15 . Beautiful German Bisque Closed Mouth Doll by Kestner in Antique Lace Dress

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American Cloth Moravian Doll Known as "Maggie-Bessie" in Pink Cotton Dress

Lot Number: 
127
13" (33 cm.) All-cloth doll with flat-dimensional face, oil-painted complexion, hair and facial features, short brown center-parted hair with feathering details, shaded blue eyes, black and brown upper eyeliner, feathered brows, outlined nose with accented nostrils, closed mouth, stitch-jointed body, oil-painted lower arms and legs. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: created by Bessie and Maggie Pfohl in their Moravian community of Salem, North Carolina, early 1900s. Value Points: superbly-preserved early cloth doll wearing original costume with white rick-rack trim.
Realized Price: 
$3,500
Presale Estimate: 
5000/7500