My Dream Baby

Name:  My Dream Baby

Made by and When:  Armand Marseille, ca. 1920

Material:  Solid dome bisque head, five-piece papier-mâche or composition body

Marks: A.M. / GERMANY / 341.8.K

Height: 19 inches

Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Sculpted black hair, brown glass sleep eyes, lightly painted upper and lower eyelashes, closed mouth

Clothes: Dressed in an antique christening gown and petticoat

Other: Made in Germany by Armand Marseille, circa 1920, this My Dream Baby mold has a closed mouth. See a different 19-inch AM Dream Baby here.

Gallery (Images and description courtesy of liveauctioneers.com and Alderfer Auction.)

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Published by DeeBeeGee

Doll collector, historian, co-founder of the first e-zine devoted to collecting black dolls; author of black-doll reference books, doll blogs, and doll magazine articles.

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