1860s Hand-painted Paper Doll with Blue and Gold Dress sculptural and there is a splint

and there is a splint in one of the balls

Great condition and super sound structurally

bracket or dowel

yielding some red along one edge in one photo and some uneven lighting)

who came from a long line of carvers

1860s Hand-painted Paper Doll with Blue and Gold Dress sculptural and there is a splintI know from the seller that this paper doll dates to the 1860s, and while I've bought and sold some paper dolls at this point, I think she's my favorite I've had, in good part for her wonderful hand painted face, but also for the string that carefully secures her pantaloons to her body, and for the pencil drawn lace at the bottom of their legs and also for this blue and gold printed dress, cut from some sort of wrapping paper I would guess. The doll