This wonderful antique doll probably dates from the early to mid part of the 19th century, circa 1830 but possibly into the early years of Queen Victoria's reign from 1837. I am not an expert with antique dolls but I think my doll is possibly a Milliners doll. 

Unfortunately, I do not know where my doll was made but she 'lives' in her cardboard box which has French language writing to the back. Please see the final photographs for details.

The doll has a lovely hand painted face on her papier mache shoulder head, with a black hair wig on top of her black painted hair. Please note that I have not attempted to remove the wig and just lifted it to show her painted hair underneath.

Her arms and lower legs are made from wood, her body and upper legs are kid leather.

PLEASE NOTE there are new photographs of the doll without her clothes, as recently requested by an eBay member  but I had to unpick the hand stitched seams on the clothes in order to do this. 

The fabulous, very pretty hand stitched costume includes: Peach/green silk bonnet, cotton bodice with a matching skirt which is finished with silk border to match her bonnet, cotton underskirt, felt underskirt and cotton bloomers with lace trim. The doll has hand painted blue slippers to her wooden feet.

My doll is close to 200 years old, so there are inevitably some minor condition issues - please take time to view all of the photographs as these are always the most helpful part of a condition report. Please also read the item specifics and my written condition report, prior to bidding.

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Please note that for all my items I use a Royal Mail tracked service. It is not necessarily always the cheapest option, but it is the most reliable and frequent shipping method from rural West Wales.

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