A Rare American Leather Doll by Gussie Decker c.1903-09 sub-Decorative Objects fully balding

fully balding

5 inches the cage or 31 inches with hanging chains

are corals that have been harvested for centuries to create charms and medicines

Proving delightfully decorative and deliciously nostalgic

The piece remains structurally very sound

A Rare American Leather Doll by Gussie Decker c.1903-09 sub-Decorative Objects fully baldingOrigin: American Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1903 09 Height: 12 Width: 3. 75 Depth: 1. 5 (all at extremities) Constructed in five pieces of supple leather, the American teaching aid, teething or grappling doll, used by children partly for learning how to lace and tie shoes, the horse hair stuffed body with eyelet and shoelace closed chest having painted features and tooled in relief with the body finely stitched and the design