Super Sweet Antique Ragdoll with Embroidered Face and Yellow Dress Helen malta drawing I'd think they've seen more

I'd think they've seen more than a few pies or quiche or maybe pot pies

I really like the combination of strong straight lines on the black-painted structure with the unpainted zig zag chip-carved decoration inside and in between

This charming Tiffany & Co

I just love the form of these two facing perched birds

Super Sweet Antique Ragdoll with Embroidered Face and Yellow Dress Helen malta drawing I'd think they've seen moreI've developed a real weakness for handmade cloth dolls, and this is quite an old one, with a super warm, serene personality, which I must say makes her very nice to have around! Very late 19th very early 20th century I believe, sewn of cotton fabric and stuffed with cloth it seems, with a hand embroidered face and cotton yarn (dyed in variegated shades of browns) for her wonderful head of hair. Simple, short arms and legs, and then this long yellow