Lot Essay
Martha Jenks Chase from Pawtucket, Rhode Island was making dolls from the 1880s, by the early 1900s they were advertised by both Macy's and F.A.O. Schwarz.
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Details
A Martha Chase oil painted stockinette doll
with blonde impasto hair, blue eyes, applied blushed ears, painted arms and legs, stitched fingers with separate thumbs and original pale blue and white sailor suit --19½in. (49.5cm.) high (slight flaking to hair and boots replaced)
with blonde impasto hair, blue eyes, applied blushed ears, painted arms and legs, stitched fingers with separate thumbs and original pale blue and white sailor suit --19½in. (49.5cm.) high (slight flaking to hair and boots replaced)
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium