Regal Black Folk Art Bottle Doll in Gold Dress muffineer though I find it hard

though I find it hard to think that anyone wearing such a fabulously bold yellow vest wouldn't have a fun-loving and adventuresome nature just waiting to bust out

6 1/4" t (with handle down

while the mouse not clearly signed by surely by the same maker

On this one orange paper was used on one side and blue on the other--folded

Regal Black Folk Art Bottle Doll in Gold Dress muffineer though I find it hardI purchased this doll from a Connecticut based dealer, who recently found her, and several carved figures I'm listing, together at one estate. To me she feels very regal in her gold beads and marigold yellow dress, with this wonderful hand painted face on what seems to be black silk (perhaps a tightly stretched and stuffed black silk stocking), and gathering stitches to give shape to her nose. Her hair appears to be astrakhan (lambs wool, still