Lot 9: Shaker Dressed Doll

Estimate: $600 – $900
Price Realized: $767

China head doll, with black hand-painted hair and blue eyes, cloth body, layers of underclothing, purple dress with matching Bertha trimmed in black, woven poplarware bonnet trimmed in kid leather, (originally in the Belfit collection), 21″ h.

Note:
“Dolls were dressed in miniature Shaker clothing accurate to the last detail”, Shaker Textile Arts, Gordon, Beverly, p. 250.