Saturday, July 03, 2010
RANDOM 341 OBJECT
ANTIQUE Flat Top DOLL SHOULDER HEAD, Civil War Era, BIG-$127
I can’t imagine anyone making china doll heads much larger than this one. It stands about 9 ½” tall and weighs 4 lbs. Except for the mended crack and a little scuffing on the back, it’s in very nice condition. Great for the library shelf or mantle.
I saw a note somewhere that such shoulder-heads as this were sometimes made by both Kling and Alt, Beck & Gottschalck back in the 1860s.
She has a cute little chubby face with blue eyes, and her black hair is parted down the middle. Really . . . when you get right down to it, she’s in remarkable condition except for that repaired crack. It’s no wonder it got dropped. The doll must have been as big as the little girl who tried to lug her around.
I don’t think I’ll be able to read one of Louis L’Amour’s novels about the Sacketts again without thinking of that face.
