Wonderful Old Stocking Doll with Button Eyes, Darned Nose, and Bandage-Like Cap drawinbg with other little amusing bits

with other little amusing bits and fabulous illustrations throughout

so needs to lean against something in order to stand upright with the exposed iron end tipped up but otherwise can just be set somewhere and would make a pretty great paper weight

2 1/4" w x 2 3/8" t x 2" d and in good condition

designed by Grete Prytz Kittelsen for Cathrineholm

which shows some age

Wonderful Old Stocking Doll with Button Eyes, Darned Nose, and Bandage-Like Cap drawinbg with other little amusing bitsTotal love at first sight with this doll, which has only grown deeper since. What a face, animated with so many good details, including a darned patch at the nose and this scrap of woven red textile for the mouth, stitched on as if in a rush with a few wild blue stitches. Much more carefully done is a linen head covering that makes me think of a bandage, with beautiful hand stitched seams around the edges and down the back. To my eye so full of life