doll

Doll wearing black skirt with red petticoat and white knickerbockers. Green apron, black velvet bodice with embroidered red flowers and black jacket with red trimming, belt with multi-coloured beads and white pleated ruff around neck. Yellow hair made of embriodery thread with green and red ribbons, hat decorated with beads and mirrors in variety of colours. Bllue wool socks and leather shoes. Bunch of flowers tied with blue ribbon. Described on label as Bride.

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