Perhaps not everyone would find these humble dolls as beautiful as I do, but they cut straight to my heart. I purchased them from a favorite dealer in my neck of the woods--with a wonderful eye for the very most tender things; she noted them as Mennonite, and I presume she knows; I do know that Amish dolls typically do not have faces, in congruence with the notion that that all are alike in the eyes of God. (And I I understand it there is a history of Amish dolls made by wrapping logs in blankets, which seems none to far off from these paper wrapped wood clothes pins--both make do in a very true sense.) These clearly have a lot of years on them, with beautiful age to that wrapped paper, stained and crinkled in spots, all to the good for sure, while retaining the crispness of their shapes and folds. Found as a pair and offered together, as I think the two different shades of paper and types of thread tethering it around their necks and waists makes them all the more lovely together in compliment and contrast.
With 5" t darker and 5 1/4" t lighter, with skirts 2" and 2 1/2" w respectively. 5/8" d heads. Good condition, stable and sound, not particularly fragile. Found lying in a bed of cotton in a glass fronted archival box, as documented, which is how I will house them to ship.
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