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Name: Father Christmas The photographs do not capture the sparkle in his eye that the artist created. His hands are bisque with marvelous translucent painting showing what looks like elderly hands with blue veins. His black boots are also bisque. The kit included a pattern for a cloth body. Each doll was to be dressed by its owner, endowing each with an individual personality. A truly marvelous artist doll. Beverly Walter has retired from doll making, and only 1500 examples exist. I can only assume many kits probably never got assembled. This one-of-a-kind outfit consists of a rich burgandy crushed velvet long coat and hat trimmed in caracul (lamb's wool) at the sleeves, collar and down the center and a gold cord cinch at the waist. He almost looks like an eastern European religous leader.
Marks: shoulder plate: Father Christmas / Beverly Walter / 1980 Shipping:
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