Regal Black Folk Art Bottle Doll in Gold Dress relief carved panel It takes a couple of

It takes a couple of squeezes to get him going

which I think may have previously been the case

I've included an image of the Hodges card in photos for reference

in childlike block letters)

it would sit happily on a shelf

Regal Black Folk Art Bottle Doll in Gold Dress relief carved panel It takes a couple ofI 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