Headless Old Hand Knit Doll with Linen Arms and Patches sculpted dog and the lushness of those

and the lushness of those red printed hearts

and what I'd guess is a sword

and certainly the most haunting

or really most anything

Terrific proportions

Headless Old Hand Knit Doll with Linen Arms and Patches sculpted dog and the lushness of thoseI do seem to have a certain penchant for dolls that have lost their heads! I think this one likely had a china head, which might have some greater objective value than the body and so perhaps was removed, or maybe broken, leaving a few stitches on the bib and some old glue on the neck behind. It could certainly be given a head once again, but I find it quite an evocative and very honest feeling thing as it is, with these patches of white cloth sewn