1860s Hand-painted Paper Doll with Blue and Gold Dress sculptural Great condition and super sound

Great condition and super sound structurally

and there is a splint in one of the balls

with its wonderfully shaped wooden spokes and steel (nice and heavy_ rim

This beautiful thing

and wheels around smoothly

1860s Hand-painted Paper Doll with Blue and Gold Dress sculptural Great condition and super soundI 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