Old Navy Stocking Doll with Wonderful Face 1930s zanesville Born in 1879

Born in 1879

but I was thinking they'd be pretty great for marking a birthday--or two--in this case with only five years between

leaving a great surface behind that I like as much as the front

While it seems most likely this watercolor was done just after Porter's engraving

with the single flower

Old Navy Stocking Doll with Wonderful Face 1930s zanesville Born in 1879The combination of embroidered face with crossed eyes, extra long legs, and two buttons down the front gives this old stocking doll a whole lot of personality he really called to me from across the room, as if just pleading to be retrieved and loved. (And, as one might do at the animal shelter, I plucked him from among several siblings a bit sad to leave the rest behind, but he was clearly the one for me!) Soft stuffing, slightly lumpy, and with some