NEW ENGLAND PAINT-DECORATED CLOTH MOLDED LADY DOLL AND TOY HORSE, molded shoulder plate head of pressed linen/muslin with paint decorated facial features and molded black covered wagon style hair, cloth body with kid leather arms and separated fingers, back with a stamp mark "Barbara ? / Davis Dr. RD # 1, Box 3399 / Rutland Vermont ?", shoulder plate edge fitted with support wire. Fitted in vintage attire, white linen dress with a delicate print, apron, undergarments and red leather shoes. Green cloth stuffed three legged horse with pink yarn mane and facial features. Circa 1850-1865. 29" HOA.
Published: Lakin - Folk Art For Children: Handmade in America 1760-1940, p. 92 and 93, fig. F2.54.
Provenance: The Eleanor V. Lakin Collection, Boonsboro, MD.
Purchased from Pat Martin, NY, 9/21/2006.

Very good overall condition, expected wear and minor imperfections, scattered paint losses including to nose tip and one eye, leather arms with some seam separations. Dress with expected wear and some minor imperfections, undergarments with discoloration and some light staining. Horse with scattered holes and mane losses.