Name: AGD-Marked Composition Baby Doll
Made by and When: Allied Grand Dolls, circa 1915
Material: Composition, paint, springs
Marks: (Upper back) AGD
Height: 9 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Sculpted black-painted hair, brown-painted eyes, dimpled cheeks, closed mouth with red lip color
Clothes: Redressed in a hand-made papier-mâché romper after arriving wearing oversized pants.
Other: The AGD mark is attributed to Allied Grand Dolls, an American doll company that operated from 1915 through 1980. Both black and white versions of this dimple-cheeked doll were produced, though the black versions are seldom encountered.
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This AGD-marked doll arrived wearing oversized dingy pants before redressing it in a papier-mache romper.
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