Amazing (and very intense!) Antique 22 Inch Waxed Doll with Blue Glass Eyes handwritten lists black paint on solid wood

black paint on solid wood

Paper size is 12" x 18"

I assume it dates to the 19th century

These wooden clapsticks

Amazing (and very intense!) Antique 22 Inch Waxed Doll with Blue Glass Eyes handwritten lists black paint on solid woodThis one! Perhaps the most unusual of all the dolls I've come across, and certainly the most haunting! Her head is I believe bisque, but has a wax layer over it, which one can feel when scraping a fingernail across the surface. Her arms and hands are hand sewn of leather, with individuated fingers, and then leather booties stitched to her linen legs. Underneath her hand sewn dress are two more layers a light wool cream colored skirt and white linen