Old Carved Folk Art Doll with Great Face, Pink Dress, and One Leg light green some surface aging along the

some surface aging along the left and bottom edge and general surface wear

7 1/8" x 6 3/8" t

held on with nails at the shoulders

I just love the graphics on this John Mundell & Co antique trade card for its "Solar Tip Shoes" patented in 1878 and at the time this card was produced "now used for more than three years" including by all "eleven hundred students at Girard College

there is wear to the red paint and the gold gilt stenciling on the front

Old Carved Folk Art Doll with Great Face, Pink Dress, and One Leg light green some surface aging along theHopefulness incarnate if I ever did see it! And this gently smiling, bright eyed face reading as a pure expression of the want to be loved. I did immediately, perhaps all the more so for her having lost one leg along the way. Resilient, she still sits up on her own. And her arms have a full range of motion and hold in place when raised over her head. Pulling up her skirt reveals a petticoat under her pink, flower printed dress, and one painted white