Lot Essay
This doll was bought in Paris at the time of the Commune, for Katherine Adams, born in 1865. She later became Mrs. Webb and was a book-binder for the Cockerel Press. She died in 1958.
Details
Katy, a shoulder-headed fashionable doll
with closed mouth, fixed bright blue eyes, kid body, original green dress with matching hat, underclothes, boots and contemporary spare grey striped silk dress, a green and white spotted muslin dress with waist train, edged with lace, three petticoats and a pair of drawers - 16in. 41cm. high, French, circa 1870
with closed mouth, fixed bright blue eyes, kid body, original green dress with matching hat, underclothes, boots and contemporary spare grey striped silk dress, a green and white spotted muslin dress with waist train, edged with lace, three petticoats and a pair of drawers - 16in. 41cm. high, French, circa 1870