Best Guess would be about the WWI era, but without maker marks and Touch and Feel would be hard to tell, at least for me. However it does have a good starting price if you are a collector of Paper Mache items. Then if you Won it at the asking price you would not be a too much of a loss, can't have a dinner out on that much. If it starts to go Higher then the call is yours at the limit of the value you are willing to go. This is kind of Like the Folk Art catagory, buy it what you thinks it is worth for your collection. As for it being a Doughboy, Well I would not say this, but could be. I hope to see what the others say about this one. Best of Luck and Welcome to the Forum.