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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9602829, member: 76316"]He's ~3" high, ~1 1/2" across his knuckles, his shoes are ~5/8" long. His torso is hollow, an' he weighs ~18 grams.</p><p>He's pretty soiled, but I've no courage for approaching the cleaning of this fellow...fear of damaging the colors of his shirt, britches an' belt urge me to caution there.</p><p>A guess puts him pre WWII; his garments may suggest earlier, but I'm over my head in that regard.</p><p>I haven't tried an image search yet. He came to me in a plastic bag along with another, very dissimilar doll, which will be featured in my next post, in Textiles & etc.</p><p>Is he unusual at all? Why was he cast with a butt-hole? All your thoughts an' comments are welcome, of course, an' Thanks for lookin'!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]466050[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]466051[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]466052[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]466053[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]466054[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]466055[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]466057[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]466058[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]466059[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9602829, member: 76316"]He's ~3" high, ~1 1/2" across his knuckles, his shoes are ~5/8" long. His torso is hollow, an' he weighs ~18 grams. He's pretty soiled, but I've no courage for approaching the cleaning of this fellow...fear of damaging the colors of his shirt, britches an' belt urge me to caution there. A guess puts him pre WWII; his garments may suggest earlier, but I'm over my head in that regard. I haven't tried an image search yet. He came to me in a plastic bag along with another, very dissimilar doll, which will be featured in my next post, in Textiles & etc. Is he unusual at all? Why was he cast with a butt-hole? All your thoughts an' comments are welcome, of course, an' Thanks for lookin'! [ATTACH=full]466050[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]466051[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]466052[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]466053[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]466054[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]466055[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]466057[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]466058[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]466059[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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