Old Carved Folk Art Doll with Great Face, Pink Dress, and One Leg early embroidery 4 1/8" x 3 1/2"

4 1/8" x 3 1/2" and in good overall condition

documented with several times magnification

and though I've found a few records of them

) This one dates to WWI and features two arm semaphore and gesture signals on one side

Old Carved Folk Art Doll with Great Face, Pink Dress, and One Leg early embroidery 4 1/8" x 3 1/2"Hopefulness incarnate if I ever did see it! And this gently smiling, bright eyed face reading as a pure expression of the want to be loved. I did immediately, perhaps all the more so for her having lost one leg along the way. Resilient, she still sits up on her own. And her arms have a full range of motion and hold in place when raised over her head. Pulling up her skirt reveals a petticoat under her pink, flower printed dress, and one painted white