Amazing (and very intense!) Antique 22 Inch Waxed Doll with Blue Glass Eyes black and white glass vase holding 36 cars

holding 36 cars

Of course one might need to make some handwritten additons to the list

This is a wonderful copy and feels like quite a special thing to hold in your hands

Plus a great Spencerian calligraphy drawing of a bird announcing Duodecimals

Based on the holes in its flat back I would think either the topper on a grand piece of furniture or architectural element

Amazing (and very intense!) Antique 22 Inch Waxed Doll with Blue Glass Eyes black and white glass vase holding 36 carsThis one! Perhaps the most unusual of all the dolls I've come across, and certainly the most haunting! Her head is I believe bisque, but has a wax layer over it, which one can feel when scraping a fingernail across the surface. Her arms and hands are hand sewn of leather, with individuated fingers, and then leather booties stitched to her linen legs. Underneath her hand sewn dress are two more layers a light wool cream colored skirt and white linen