Curious Old Amish Rag Doll with Lost Face snow woman dating to 1930 or so

dating to 1930 or so

Thayer--an educator and Episcopalian minister who built a second home and summered in Ipswich (son of Robert Helyer Thayer

Here is a great promise of joy

The quality and wear to that lacquer makes me fairly certain it is quite old

including French cuffs

Curious Old Amish Rag Doll with Lost Face snow woman dating to 1930 or soCurious and unusual, just the way I like them! This definitely appears to be an old Amish doll to me, and the clothes most certainly arebut its an anomalous one for having (the remnants of) a face, which Amish dolls typically do not, in keeping with the Biblical commandment against graven images and belief that all are alike in the eyes of God. It looks as though the facial features were once embroidered on then ripped out years later, with the cloth