Extremely RARE black/white compo.1930 \"Topsy-Turvy\" TWO-sided LARGE boudoir doll

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Extremely RARE black/white compo.1930 \"Topsy-Turvy\" TWO-sided LARGE boudoir doll:
$289.00

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An absolutelywonderful...., 1930s vintage,labeled** \"Topsy-Turvy\", (black and white)double-sided Americana type, very largedoll measuring, 19\" long. Both sides have individual molded and paintedhard compositionheads with beautifullypaintedand detailedfeatures including longeyelashes, side-glancing eyes (blue and black) andsmiling mouths with white space to indicate teeth.They share a solidly constructed and hard stuffed body with theCaucasianlady havinga few blondcurls beneath her gold fabric head scarf which is tied at the top with an attached woven fruit basket. She also wears a beaded necklace and earrings. The black lady has a similar gold fabric tied scarf and wears an apron and bead earring.Both dolls have padded busts and thick floppy, jointed arms with mitt-type hands with separate thumbs and wear individually fashioned and joined,layered and ruffled dresses with floral applique trim and floral print that can be flipped to cover the opposite doll (onepink, other blue).We have seenstatements that this type of double-sided doll originated in the south when there were few ethnic dolls for black childrenand white slave owners only allowed them to playwith white dolls! Whatever their origin, this exceptional doll still retains *several (fully intact) paper labels on one of her armsto attest to her manufacture. They arein generally good condition with no fading or stains, notears* and no odors as they arefrom a smoke free home. There are several chips in the paint on both dolls that were touched up long before we found her, as shown.There\'s also a lot of wear on the back of each matching headscarf which will need to be resewn or lined.A few more curls or hair tucked into each scarf will cover some of the paint chips.

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Extremely RARE black/white compo.1930 \"Topsy-Turvy\" TWO-sided LARGE boudoir doll:
$289.00