Old Navy Stocking Doll with Wonderful Face 1930s zanesville Born in 1879

Born in 1879

with the single flower

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

tossed it around a bit

Old Navy Stocking Doll with Wonderful Face 1930s zanesville Born in 1879The 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