Wonderful dolly Treasure & Photograph, c1900. From our little family of rare and very hard to find , Philadelphia Baby dolls comes this adorable, 18 inch tall, child doll, completely original from head to toes. We are calling him a boy since he has the shorter hair style of that era and a more simply designed dress (young girls and boys both wore dresses during this time). He has wonderful applied ears and very deeply molded and painted, big brown eyes with great details including high lights and very well molded eyelids , lovely mouth and nose details and pink cheek blush as well as finely molded fingers and toes with pink nails. Constructed of sturdy-stuffed, stockinette cloth he has an oil painted head, shoulders, lower arms and lower legs with joints at shoulders, hips and knees and a life-like, shaped stocking body. This sweet child is nearly one hundred and fifteen years old and still retains all his original clothing: adorable, one-piece onesie type shirt with attached panties with buttons for drop down seat, beneath matching full slip (both trimmed with matching antique lace and fine pleats) and covered by a fine, sheer cotton gown with windowpane pattern and hand embroidered trim. He is in very good overall condition with no repainting or repairs although his chin and nose show wear (as shown) and his gown is very frail and worn through in a few areas. He has no stains or breaks, no holes or odors and he is from a smoke free home. We are including this fabulous, framed antique family photograph of a sweet child with her Philadelphia Baby doll. Any white areas are camera flash and not on the doll. Other “family member” dolls are not included and each listed separately. Please note: nearly all of our items are antique or vintage (usually with some signs of wear due to usage and previous storage). We do our very best to describe and photograph them for you and do not repair, restring, repaint or enhance them in any way as most collectors prefer to find them in their original state. We try to list our items below current book value and will consider reasonable offers and respond after the item has been listed for at least twenty-four hours. We appreciate your interest and hope you enjoyed your visit. We appreciate five star reviews. If there is a problem with your item, please let us know prior to leaving feedback and we will do our best to make sure you are satisfied. Let us know if we can help you with anything else. We have more antique and vintage dolls, toys, dollhouse furniture and antique dollhouse dolls available, each listed separately. Wishing you all the very best this season has to offer. The item “RARE antique Philadelphia Baby cloth doll by JB Sheppard & Co. & orig. 1900 photo” is in sale since Saturday, April 13, 2019. This item is in the category “Dolls & Bears\Dolls\Antique (Pre-1930)\Cloth”. The seller is “mitsu-dog” and is located in Sparta, New Jersey. This item can be shipped to United States, all countries in Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia.
- Modified Item: No
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Custom Bundle: No
- Skin Color: Fair/Light
- Material: Cloth
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Doll Size: 18in.
- Features: Antique
- orig. owner photo & doll: rare photograph included
- Hair Color: Brown
- Non-Domestic Product: No
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
- Packaging: Without Packaging
- Time Period Manufactured: Antique (Pre-1930)
- Brand/Artist: Philadelphia Baby
- Eye Color: Brown
- Doll Gender: Boy Doll