Regal Black Folk Art Bottle Doll in Gold Dress relief carved panel The repair shows on the

The repair shows on the interior of the vessel against the cream

holding forth their checkerboard seemingly in perpetual hopes of soliciting a partner for a match

it would sit happily on a shelf

in childlike block letters)

I have not found a signature on this piece so am unsure of its maker

Regal Black Folk Art Bottle Doll in Gold Dress relief carved panel The repair shows on theI purchased this doll from a Connecticut based dealer, who recently found her, and several carved figures I'm listing, together at one estate. To me she feels very regal in her gold beads and marigold yellow dress, with this wonderful hand painted face on what seems to be black silk (perhaps a tightly stretched and stuffed black silk stocking), and gathering stitches to give shape to her nose. Her hair appears to be astrakhan (lambs wool, still