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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pat P, post: 99800, member: 201&quot;]This doll was in with my mother&#039;s things. I think it may have been hers from her childhood, since it&#039;s not at all like the antiques she bought... or possibly had belonged to an older relative. My mother was born in 1915 and her mother was born in 1884.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s also possible that my mother or someone else made the doll for my sister or me in the mid-20th century. But I honestly don&#039;t remember it at all and do remember lots of other toys and dolls we had.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a few things that are a mystery to me...</p><p><br /></p><p>-- I read that modern-style snaps were first made in the late 1800s, but I don&#039;t know what the early ones looked like. Were snaps like the ones on the dress made as early as the 1910s? Even earlier?</p><p><br /></p><p>-- I have no idea why there are blue markings on the dolls face. It looks like &quot;Indian war paint&quot; to me since the marks on the forehead look so regular, but I can&#039;t imagine anyone intentionally making a red-headed doll as an Indian maiden. Maybe a child added the lines for some unknown reason?</p><p><br /></p><p>-- I also have no idea why there are clumps of red thread on the top of the doll&#039;s feet, where the ankles meet the feet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any thoughts on age and anything else will be much appreciated. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]25212[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]25213[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]25214[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]25215[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]25216[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]25217[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]25218[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]25219[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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