NEW! 15" Antique ABG Blonde 'Highland Mary' China Head Doll In Pretty In Pink.9

Description

This doll is a BEAUTY!!  She is a wonderful unmarked Alt, Beck, & Gottschalck Blonde China Head "Highland Mary."  In the late 1800s, many doll manufacturing companies named their various molds after important figures of the day: Queen Victoria, Mary Lincoln,  etc.  "Highland Mary" was named after Mary Campbell for whom the Scottish poet, Robert Burns, wrote three poems.  She is 15 inches tall; the height was slightly adjusted when she came to us with terribly stunted legs of just a few inches long.  We believe she had been re-covered by her previous owner, but that person, might not have known he/she could elongate the legs that may have been shredded at their tops.  It is the only explanation we can come up with as why the doll had such tiny legs.  ANYWAY, we lengthened them.    The doll has good coloring to her face, but her blonde hair has faded, especially on top and at the back of her head.  It looks as though she was stored near something black or navy blue because there was some color transfer to the top of her head.  We tried to remove these marks, but we were concerned that her hair color was coming off, as well.  She retains her antique arms and legs with minimal fading on her pink boots.  She wears pretty new rose colored satin dress, hilighted with creamy-colored trim at her waistline, accented with strands of pearls.  Tiny pearls also are featured at the center of each of the tiny flower decals placed along the hemline and wing shoulder caps sleeves.  A pretty "gold and pearl" bar pin is fastened at her throat, tying ing the jewelry with the dress.  As we said in the very beginning: She is a BEAUTY!!  Note: No doll stand included.
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