Amazing (and very intense!) Antique 22 Inch Waxed Doll with Blue Glass Eyes black and white glass vase not very brittle

not very brittle

(I removed the drawing to photograph it

Plus a great Spencerian calligraphy drawing of a bird announcing Duodecimals

3 5/8" l x 2 1/2" w x 1 3/8" t

Amazing (and very intense!) Antique 22 Inch Waxed Doll with Blue Glass Eyes black and white glass vase not very brittleThis 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