Beautiful Black Folk Art Stockinette Doll with Astrakhan Hair iron ring The relief areas are green

The relief areas are green from the paint that was used for printing with it long ago

I think this is pretty great

receiving 75 cents per day worked and loosing $1 per idle day

beveled glass mirrors

Beautiful Black Folk Art Stockinette Doll with Astrakhan Hair iron ring The relief areas are greenA beautiful, very tender feeling doll I think, which I believe dates to sometime between about 1910 and 1930. Her head and body were made of of black knit stocking firmly stuffed, with separate rolled pieces for her arms and legs, which were hand stitched to the torso. Hand embroidered black eyes, red nose and slightly open red mouth, adding up to a face that makes her feel to me keenly observant if a bit wary. Her hair is astrakhan (lambs wool, still