Handmade 19th C. Paper Dolls with Wonderful Faces and Crepe Paper Dresses face vessel if balanced right

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hand-sculpted with incised details

The sign board itself is 3/4" deep

" On one short side of the handle are five little inlaid bits that look like bone

22" t x 5 1/4" w

Handmade 19th C. Paper Dolls with Wonderful Faces and Crepe Paper Dresses face vessel if balanced rightThese two I found yesterday at the "Papertown" show in Boxborough, MA total love at first sight. The dealer I purchased them from referred to them as "the twins," and indeed they were definitely born of the same mother, but I'd say sisters as the one in blue is a bit taller (and I might venture to say a bit homelier of course making her my favorite!) Hand drawn faces in a mix of graphite and what looks like colored pencil, both with heads of this