A 'Dolly faced' Schoenhut

 This is Schoenhut's model #307. It is their earliest 'Dolly faced' doll. She has arrived to refine her previous overpaints.

Under her wig is evidence of an earlier thick repaint. That dark brown hair was presumably done by a previous owner to make the doll look like a boy?

Removing the top layer shows more details of that hairdo.

Her owner and I agree to leave this layer untouched at the top of her head as a testament to her history. It will be hidden under a wig.

As the repainted layers get removed I find out not much is left of her original paint. Also, she had been given bright red cheeks that has stained into the wood.

Those eyes still have some repaint on them that needs removing.

There is some original paint at the sides of her head so at least I can colour match her skin tone to it.

After some contour corrections and multiple rounds of paint/smoothing, she is starting to get some features.

As there was almost no original eye paint left, her owner has reqested she get brown eyes. So here she is starting a fresh set of eyes.

And her final look.