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Hannah is an Armand Marseille 990, and is 29" tall - the size of a large toddler. She is wearing her original mohair
wig, and has an open mouth with two teeth. Her body is bent-limbed composition. 990's are so-called 'character babies', and often come dressed as boys. Hannah has delicate colouring, with beautifully painted eyebrows. Originally she came dressed in a plain cotton shift, but she now wears an Edwardian hand-sewn cotton baby gown over the top. Goodness knows how a small child managed to carry such a large and fragile doll around; probably the doll spent most of its time seated on a shelf in the nursery, to be admired rather than played with. Armand Marseille 990 dolls date from the 1920's, and come in many different sizes. It's interesting to note how the expressions seem to vary according to the size of the head. |