Much Loved Antique Straw Stuffed Doll with Painted Face and Gray Hair ceramic hands including for the fact that

including for the fact that surely they were used in a classroom

and one that looks to have once had hooks at its paws

it's just a beautiful thing

and for their construction

Much Loved Antique Straw Stuffed Doll with Painted Face and Gray Hair ceramic hands including for the fact thatA very dear one, sewn of linen and stuffed of straw, with simple hand painted face and coarse, natural gray hair (animal or human I'm honestly not certain) pulled through a woven fabric pate of sorts. She's been loved, with wear to the fabric of her face (showing another layer, stretched tight underneath) and the loss of one knit stocking and leather bootie along the way. With a pretty cotton woven plaid dress showing yellow from the front, lighter