Super Sweet Antique Ragdoll with Embroidered Face and Yellow Dress Helen malta drawing with that round and deep

with that round and deep lower half offset by its dramatically sloping lid which doubles as a handle

so I removed the print from the backing it was attached to (cutting carefully through old masking tape to do so) and have put it in a simple black frame with white matte

I just love the form of these two facing perched birds

I'd think they've seen more than a few pies or quiche or maybe pot pies

Super Sweet Antique Ragdoll with Embroidered Face and Yellow Dress Helen malta drawing with that round and deepI've developed a real weakness for handmade cloth dolls, and this is quite an old one, with a super warm, serene personality, which I must say makes her very nice to have around! Very late 19th very early 20th century I believe, sewn of cotton fabric and stuffed with cloth it seems, with a hand embroidered face and cotton yarn (dyed in variegated shades of browns) for her wonderful head of hair. Simple, short arms and legs, and then this long yellow