Wonderful Old Carved, Articulated Wooden Dancing Doll old wooden mold The basket

The basket

Framed: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2"

Rings are 3" in diameter

plus these little balls extending on wire from her arms and base

Wonderful Old Carved, Articulated Wooden Dancing Doll old wooden mold The basketOh, such a charming one! And quite an old one, late 19th century I'd think, wonderfully worn and smoothed with what surely has been a lot of handling, and I'd guess a fair amount of dancing, too. I really love the features of the hand drawn face, eyebrows merging into nose and then great little pursed mouth with upturned corners, and a chin drawn below, plus a full head of hair. The wide chest, narrow waist, wider hips, and gracefully tapered arms