Ballerina Dream
Lovely, 14" tall, all hard plastic, ballerina doll, " Nina Ballerina
", by Madame Alexander, circa 1949-50
, with the " Margaret
" face, swivel head and joints at her shoulders and hips with flat feet and small hands exactly as shown on page 52, "Madame Alexander Dolls on Review
"-Uhl. This, very hard to find, beautiful version also came in two larger sizes. She wears her complete, tagged
Alexander, "Ballerina"
costume of pale blue satin with double blue tulle skirts with bright gold rickrack trim and original pink satin ballet shoes with long ties. Her matching underskirt has attached blue panties. Her beautiful, strawberry blonde, floss-type hair
is tied up in the original, curly setting with fluffy (curly) bangs and original floral coronet to match the floral corsages on her shoulder and at her waist. She has beautiful sleep eyes with perfect eyelashes as well as painted lower lashes, light shadow, excellent eyebrows, pale cheek color and closed mouth. She has no cracks, chips or damages, no stains or rips and no odors as she is from a smoke free home. Her outfit could use refreshening or dry cleaning and stringing could use a bit of tightening. (loc MA2) Exactly as illustrated on page 59, Mme. Alexander Collector's Dolls Price Guide #16 by Patricia Smith. Please note:
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