Vintage Cloth Country Girl Hand Painted Blond 7" Unique Estate Collection Doll

Description

This unusual doll comes from an estate collection that spans four generations.
She is a girl dressed in a green cotton print skirt, navy blue vest, and off-white blouse. Her blond hair is made of yarn arranged in braids. The face and body are made of stockinette, and the face seems to be molded with wire, hand painted with a serene expression. The apron is unique, made of cotton which is hand painted in blue, green, yellow, and red, and tied with a red ribbon sash. She is 7" tall, and quite charming!
This doll has been carefully stored for many years. It may have minor damage consistent with age as shown in photos. Please review all photos as an important part of the description.
Here is some information on the provenance of the collection which may help with the age and source of the dolls. Great grandmother "Noni" was born in Scotland in the 1860's, attended the University of California at Berkeley in the 1880's, went to Europe to study for a time, and then married and returned to Princeton, New Jersey. Her sister and brother were both missionaries in China and India, and when Noni visited them she brought back souvenir dolls. Others in the family also traveled and brought back dolls, so there is a wide variety of unusual dolls in the collection. Noni died in 1953, so we expect all dolls date prior to the early 1950's, and some are much older. The dolls were finally inherited by the great granddaughter who was born in 1947, and are offered now for your consideration.
Offered by Fran's Doll Care and Repair, where "Every Doll is Special."