Doris Coe's Sep 1906 Hanging Ball in Cage Whimsy dancing dolls with gold framing the portrait

with gold framing the portrait

and sheerness of her sleeves

it would be traditional practice to consume certain parts of the seal at the site of the hunt raw

) were painstakingly embedded into it surface at some point to turn it into a large

but I'm content just to admire their loveliness

Doris Coe's Sep 1906 Hanging Ball in Cage Whimsy dancing dolls with gold framing the portraitDoris Coe, Sep 1905 I suppose possibly a gift to a young Doris, but I much prefer to think it was Doris who carved it, and though Doris was sometimes a name given to boys, I'd like to think our Doris was female. A sweet old whimsy, whatever the case, pine I believe, with nice detailing especially to the rounded bottom the "cage". One could string and wear as a pendant now, or hang on the wall from a nail, or just lay it amid the other whimsies in the