Charming,\"Queen Anne-Georgian\", English wooden Doll, a true 18th C. antique
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Charming,\"Queen Anne-Georgian\", English wooden Doll, a true 18th C. antique:
$5650.77
This is an 18th century English, socalled, “Queen Anne” doll and not a later reproduction. She was last purchased in New England in the 1980’s. Since that time she hasremained in the same collection. She comes with her blue ribbon from the 1966UFDC convention in Chicago.
Her facial carving is refined and detailed witha very appealing look. She has inset black eyes with dotted lashes and brows. She is 20” tall, has the squared off torsodesign, jointed knees and hips and wood lower arms. I have been informed that she would date fromlater in the second half of the 18thc and not earlier in the century,because of her waist to neck size. Her upper arms are covered in old linen thatwas then tacked to the torso.
Someone long ago chopped off her flax hair, butit was left as is because she still has her old wig cap and the remains of her originalhair. The wig cap has worn back from the hand forged nails on each side of herhead, but is she still presentable with her silk net and lace caplet hat on.
Condition: I am going to try to list everything I canfind and pass on what others have told me about her. I have included a phototaken under a strong medical black light. It is the last one in the series ofphotos. Under it, she does not show as having any repaint. Although, I cannot guarantee there is none,because of her age and any work was done so very long ago that it would nolonger fluoresce to the dark purple of newer paint. Most of these early dolls have had some workon done them over time. An er told meher lips were redone, but it must have been long ago as they do not fluoresce. Thereis light wear to her finish in areas, but the paint is still very strong andsecure. It has faded to a paler color where exposed to light over time and thereis some yellowing to the remains of the finishing shellac. There are onlytraces of the original whitewash remaining on her lower torso.
She does have some old wood worm damage thathas been treated. The worst of it is shown in the photo of her hip where thereis also a small split in the wood. Herhands are worn and have only indications of fingers left. It is felt that herlegs are probably early replacements. The hip pin is of heavy wire rather thanwood. Both feet are worn, have brokenoff toes and are carved to indicate shoe heels. All of this is a part of herlong history.
Her dress is beautiful and appropriate, but notoriginal to her and is fragile. The silk is split in a few areas. The dresslining is in poor condition as can be seen in the photos. I did not remove the dress as it is handstitched on and I can peek in and see the body is as it should be.
Though not perfect, she is still a lovely earlydoll. Please study my photos and ask questions, if you are interested inofferding, as I only offer a refund if I have missed something that wouldsignificantly affect her value.
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Please note: In bright light, I see she may have had a thin wash of color added in areas a very long time ago. It does not black light and I thought it may be paint fading. I am adding an unaltered photo taken under natural light.
Charming,\"Queen Anne-Georgian\", English wooden Doll, a true 18th C. antique:
$5650.77