Old Navy Stocking Doll with Wonderful Face 1930s zanesville While it seems most likely

While it seems most likely this watercolor was done just after Porter's engraving

but it's such a sweet one I think better to hold onto it

leaving a great surface behind that I like as much as the front

but I was thinking they'd be pretty great for marking a birthday--or two--in this case with only five years between

not just because I love seeing the handwriting

Old Navy Stocking Doll with Wonderful Face 1930s zanesville While it seems most likelyThe combination of embroidered face with crossed eyes, extra long legs, and two buttons down the front gives this old stocking doll a whole lot of personality he really called to me from across the room, as if just pleading to be retrieved and loved. (And, as one might do at the animal shelter, I plucked him from among several siblings a bit sad to leave the rest behind, but he was clearly the one for me!) Soft stuffing, slightly lumpy, and with some