Sunday, March 24, 2013

Storybook Series #156 "BEAUTY (FROM BEAUTY AND THE BEAST)"




Mint condition bisque doll with blonde mohair wig. Movable arms and frozen legs.  White muslin pantalets and underskirt. Bright pink taffeta skirt and bodice with white dots trimmed with pink and blue twisty ribbon and lace. Same pink and blue twisty ribbon and a blue satin ribbon bow adorns her hair.  The hair and paint and clothes on this doll are exquisite! No wrist tag.

Pink dotted box is in excellent condition with minor soiling and scuff marks. Silver label attached. Box also has original store tag from F.A.O. Schwarz, New York. 

M.J.M. has the same doll with a lighter pink dress.   http://momsnasbdolls.blogspot.com/2013/03/storybook-series-156-beauty-from-beauty_16.html

Verified:  http://www.nancyanndolls.com/PhotoAlbum/156Beauty.html
7th doll down on the list. 

Page 195 of the Encyclopedia of Bisque Nancy Ann Storybook Dolls : 1936-1947 by Elaine Pardee and Jackie Robertson states:  #156 Beauty (from Beauty and the Beast), frozen leg.$45.00.

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