I found all of these dolls at the weekend in the charity shop. They are all destined for my Etsy shop, apart from one that has a problem with her face-it seems to have come undone at the side! I am also keeping the tiny one. The little Welsh one below has already been sold-I was looking out for Welsh dolls for a previous customer, so was happy to find her. I love these souvenir costume dolls. They have such detail. I particularly like the ones with the painted faces. I also like dolls with the open and shut eyes. They are quite scary but cute. I have a whole collection of Scottish dolls like this which stand on the bookshelf and stare across the room.
The one on the right below has Napoli on her apron-in very faded writing. They are both quite small-about five inches tall.
This one has the face problem.
This one is about two and a half inches high.
I love this one as she looks so happy. Her arms do go down, but she was cheering like this when I found her, so she still is.This doll and her baby are from Multnomah Falls in Oregon, which is the picture on the screen behind her. It looks lovely, but scary-a really high waterfall with a tiny bridge crossing it about halfway up.
Although she is a bit newer than the others, she still has the attention to detail in the little bead string, and the soft, real suede dress. Love dolls!
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You have the best doll luck! When I was a child I had quite a collection of native dolls, white buckskin, papoose babies, warrior, not mass produced rather painstakingly costumed beautifully. that quality is difficult to find now. Stella and I went out yesterday and she had very good doll luck, bound for ETSY and her booth. Somebody must have died and given their collection to charity. Sad, not sad..
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