Wonderful Old Crocheted Blonde Doll in Green Party Dress (and Two Layers of Undergarments) cloth hand puppet the underside of the lid

the underside of the lid is very faint pencil writing

7 1/2" tall and wide

just due to the age

and 100% my sort of thing

which comes from the intermingling of the aged paint and tin it was painted upon--brown and rust and silver all together

Wonderful Old Crocheted Blonde Doll in Green Party Dress (and Two Layers of Undergarments) cloth hand puppet the underside of the lidI purchased this one from an old school dealer in Nashville, who was herself as smitten with this doll as I am, taking care to show me her slip and bloomers! Crocheted body from head to toe, well and softly stuffed, with embroidered face (down to blonde eyebrows), yellow braided yarn hair, and crocheted mint green dress with laced red bow at her waist. And indeed, a petticoat with lace underneath and lace trimmed shorts below that. I love a knit