Old Carved Folk Art Doll with Great Face, Pink Dress, and One Leg early embroidery with a little black painted

with a little black painted lettering showing

) This one dates to WWI and features two arm semaphore and gesture signals on one side

4 1/8" x 3 1/2" and in good overall condition

And poignant

But what makes it really fun is the writing on the bottom

Old Carved Folk Art Doll with Great Face, Pink Dress, and One Leg early embroidery with a little black paintedHopefulness incarnate if I ever did see it! And this gently smiling, bright eyed face reading as a pure expression of the want to be loved. I did immediately, perhaps all the more so for her having lost one leg along the way. Resilient, she still sits up on her own. And her arms have a full range of motion and hold in place when raised over her head. Pulling up her skirt reveals a petticoat under her pink, flower printed dress, and one painted white