Another Beautiful Old Black Folk Art Bottle Doll with Astrican Hair wooden mask ) I especially love that

) I especially love that the beak opens and closes

but all over is a mix of darkening and lightening to the wood and a lost stone here and there which make it appear that it has done a good bit of work

sweetly detailed across the toe and along the seams

perhaps especially for the beautifully rendered (in graphite) lace collar and cuffs

Both in excellent vintage condition

Another Beautiful Old Black Folk Art Bottle Doll with Astrican Hair wooden mask ) I especially love thatAnother from the Rockport, MA estate of the artist, activist and collector Ellen Gabin, who had a special fondness for dolls I found the sister of this one a couple of months ago, then returned to find this one. With wonderful hand embroidered face including huge blue eyes and bright red smile showing a few teeth; to me she seems full of life and also gentleness. Black silk, I believe, with the upper body tightly stuffed and the lower half sewn over a