Wonderful Old Miniature Carved Wooden Doll in Denim with Hand-drawn Face and Gripping Hands handmade dollhouse chair perhaps made from other crates

perhaps made from other crates

Sold as found with two gem tintypes in it of a part of young men

7 5/8" x 4 7/8"

but for me the face of this child (a boy I believe) holds pretty much the whole world in it--curiosity

9" l x 5 1/2" w x 2 1/2" t

Wonderful Old Miniature Carved Wooden Doll in Denim with Hand-drawn Face and Gripping Hands handmade dollhouse chair perhaps made from other cratesI've developed a penchant for miniature carved wooden dolls but don't come across many examples. Clothes pin dolls would fall in this category, but I find it hard to find really good ones. What I want is a no fuss sort of spareness; elemental, almost existential feeling, a doll alone in the universe. Just like this one. His whole body appears to have been carved from wood, though I have not tried to strip him of his very excellent denim outfit.