Chinese Wire and Cloth Doll black and umber I really love this little

I really love this little tin litho football

) I like to think this is the box in which Nathaniel Hawthorne delivered the handwritten manuscript for "House of the Seven Gables" (based in Salem

They have been used and loved-- very good condition

but then there they are

I imagine this spectacular white glazed

Chinese Wire and Cloth Doll black and umber I really love this littleOh, so lovely! I don't know a lot about this doll, but I am pretty certain it is Chinese, and perhaps a "Chinese Opera" doll, which from what I understand were sold at Chinese opera performances as momentos, and often also then converted into puppets for use re enacting the operas. From what I can tell, the body is made of wire covered with cloth, such that the arms and legs can be manipulated some. I'd guess the head as well as the boots are made of