Lovely Girl and Her Lovely Doll, Antique Tintype Under Glass in Blue Velvet Frame muffineer with a string for hanging

with a string for hanging

as there is old grout around the perimeter

with hand-painted gold and white details on the bodice and neck ruffle

it measures 7” tall x 2 3/4” diameter at widest

Framed: 6 1/2"w x 8 5/8" t x 5/8" d

Lovely Girl and Her Lovely Doll, Antique Tintype Under Glass in Blue Velvet Frame muffineer with a string for hangingI've always got an eye out for old photos of girls and their dolls in part because I love seeing the far ranging dolls themselves, and the ways they are held or otherwise situated, but even more so because I think the intensity of bonds between children and objects, and between girls (primarily, and certainly in large part because acceptably) and their dolls, is a rich and complex and interesting subject, and also poignant for those of us who as