Maggie Bessie Painted Cloth Doll

Description:

Maggie Bessie Painted Cloth Doll, Salem, North Carolina, late 19th/early 20th century, made by Moravian sisters Maggie and Bessie Pfohl, doll with hand-painted face, large blue eyes, softly smiling outlined red mouth, painted short hair, cloth body with attached limbs, painted lower limbs, cotton slip, pink cotton dress, ht. 18 in.

Provenance: From the collection of Ruth C. Burger.
Estimate $8,000-10,000

Some wear to features, paint loss to chin, scattered loss around eyes and hair, wear to arms, staining to body, stitching at elbow joint loose.

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