This doll is not only from my Mother's estate, but from Grace Lathrop's as well. My Mom was a member of the Portland Oregon Doll Club which was part of the UFDC for a number of years. The doll came to her with a paper pinned to her reading "7  19 3/4" Grace Lathrop likeness of Mamie Isenhower (sic)  From Grace L. sold by her husband after her death to Barbara Crowley & then to me in Oct. 1969 or 70 - pd. ...". This is Not my Mom's handwriting plus she Never would have mispelled Eisenhower, so it's written by the lady who bought it. The price paid has been torn off. The doll also has a sticker on her chest reading "No. 7 Red Bk.". I have no idea what that means - perhaps Grace Lathrop's bookkeeping. The doll is completely hand made. She's has hands, legs & head sculpted from some sort of clay. Her face & shoes are hand painted & she's heavily glazed. Her body is made from what I think is a rayon stocking. She has a wire armature so her arms & legs bend.  Her face is beautifully & skifully painted. She's marked on the back of her shoulder plate G. Lathrop  1950. The doll is in excellent condition. She has no cracks, chips, breaks, dirt - there is crazing to the heavy glaze. I found biographies of Grace Lathrop in 2 of my Mom's out of print doll books. She was an early & well known doll artist - especially in the Portland area. The bios are in The American Doll Artist by Helen Bullard and Dolls and People by Jeannette H. Mowry. Both books were written before her death. She studied art in New York,  worked in costume research in LA, moced to Arkansas for her husband's health & made hillbilly dolls there, moved to Portland after her husbands death & remarried, met Emma Clear who gave her doll making advice, began making & selling a number of different dolls & had dolls in the Children's Museum in Portland & the Frontier Musem in Tacoma Wash.