Name: 1950s Head-Turning, Flirty-eyed Walker
Made by and When: Ottolini of Italy, 1950s
Material: Hard plastic, metal, mohair, flirty-eye mechanism
Marks: (Head) OTTOLINI / MOD. DEP. / MADE IN ITALY
Height: 16 inches
Features: Blushed cheeks and knees, pink-painted fingernails and toenails, pin-jointed legs, flirty eyes, a head-turning walker mechanism, and a crier in the back (nonworking).
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Black mohair wig styled in two long side pigtails with bangs and adorned with green satin ribbons, green flirty sleep eyes, high rosy cheeks, closed mouth with painted red lips
Clothes: Dressed in a tailor-made green-and-white gingham dress with smocked bodice and white lace trim at the neckline and sleeves, original white (yellowed with age) panties, white rayon socks, and black patent-leather shoes
Other: This doll is a beautiful example of a 1950s Carlos Ottolini-marked doll. Most Ottolini dolls are unmarked, but all have very distinctive facial features with high cheekbones and often flirty eyes. When the legs are moved in a walking motion, the head turns from side to side.
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