I do seem to have a certain penchant for dolls that have lost their heads! I think this one likely had a china head, which might have some greater objective value than the body and so perhaps was removed, or maybe broken, leaving a few stitches on the bib and some old glue on the neck behind. It could certainly be given a head once again, but I find it quite an evocative and very honest feeling thing as it is, with these patches of white cloth sewn onto the white cotton hand-knit body like a bib and diapers, darkening to the linen of the forearms as if having done some work, and with a cable in the knit running up the back of the legs like the seams of stockings.
13 3/8” t x 5 1/2” w x 2 3/8” d and in very good as is condition, very sound and sturdy and tightly stuffed with no holes, tears or other issues.
