Reply to Thread

Message:: [QUOTE="Pat P, post: 1649951, member: 201"](Not sure if I should have put this in Antiques? Maybe we should have a "Toys & Dolls" forum?) I'm curious about your thoughts on this doll. She's totally hand-sewn, both her body and clothes. She was among my mother's things but not the type of item she bought, so the doll may have been my mother's when she was young. The doll reminds me of Lucy Maud Montgomery's book character, Anne of Green Gables, first published in 1908. In my research I saw that Montgomery published sequels through 1939. My mother was born in 1915, so the timing makes me think this doll may have been based on Anne. My grandmother wasn't a sewer, but my mother's aunt, who my mother was close to, did at least some seamstress work, so it's possible she made the doll. Do the late 1910s-20s seem right for this doll? Also, I've seen somewhat similar cloth dolls on eBay called "primitive." Do you think that fits this doll? Also, any thoughts on why there are red thread clusters at the bottom of her legs? Oh, and there are "war paint" type markings on her face... methinks someone decided to make her an Indian princess! [ATTACH=full]234499[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]234500[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]234501[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]234503[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]234504[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]234505[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]