Two Near Identical Handmade Watercolor Paper Dolls - One made in 1856, the other 1905

By
A 6 1/2" handmade paper dolls with fine brown ringlets dressed in pantaloons and a slip (pencil drawn) and brown watercolor shoes. Her top fold costumes are pink and rose dress with a white pinafore. One with faint polka-dots; the other plain - each with different ruffle at base of pinafore. Accompanied by a Rose trimmed bonnet with a pink ribbon. A second near identical doll presumably was created in 1906, as a note on the reverse reads "50 years old 1906

MORE FROM THIS SELLER

Eclectibles

Specializing in Paper Americana, Childhood Ephemera & Art, Juvenile Books, Made by Hand, Ephemera, Appraisal & Collection Services, Travel & Tourism, History of Advertising, Popular Culture, Visual Culture, Tokens of Love, Medicine