Wonderful Old Stocking Doll with Button Eyes, Darned Nose, and Bandage-Like Cap David Gil Dimension of cigar box: 6

Dimension of cigar box: 6 3/4" x 4 1/8" x 2"

I am guessing she was African American

The underside of the drawers on this one are indeed orange

dating  to the Civil War era

generally facing the main shrine

Wonderful Old Stocking Doll with Button Eyes, Darned Nose, and Bandage-Like Cap David Gil Dimension of cigar box: 6Total love at first sight with this doll, which has only grown deeper since. What a face, animated with so many good details, including a darned patch at the nose and this scrap of woven red textile for the mouth, stitched on as if in a rush with a few wild blue stitches. Much more carefully done is a linen head covering that makes me think of a bandage, with beautiful hand stitched seams around the edges and down the back. To my eye so full of life