Beautiful Black Folk Art Stockinette Doll with Astrakhan Hair painting on paddle so here this is

so here this is

perhaps allowing a small vise or clamp of some sort to attach to it in order to do some sort of work

I'm listing this wonderful studio pottery plate just as 2019 comes to an end

though paint along the roof line on one short side seems to prevent it from  opening

Plus great yellow border

Beautiful Black Folk Art Stockinette Doll with Astrakhan Hair painting on paddle so here this isA beautiful, very tender feeling doll I think, which I believe dates to sometime between about 1910 and 1930. Her head and body were made of of black knit stocking firmly stuffed, with separate rolled pieces for her arms and legs, which were hand stitched to the torso. Hand embroidered black eyes, red nose and slightly open red mouth, adding up to a face that makes her feel to me keenly observant if a bit wary. Her hair is astrakhan (lambs wool, still