Super Sweet Antique Ragdoll with Embroidered Face and Yellow Dress Helen malta drawing I really like the combination

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

so I removed the print from the backing it was attached to (cutting carefully through old masking tape to do so) and have put it in a simple black frame with white matte

8 1/8" long x 6 5/8" deep x 7" tall

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

with that round and deep lower half offset by its dramatically sloping lid which doubles as a handle

Super Sweet Antique Ragdoll with Embroidered Face and Yellow Dress Helen malta drawing I really like the combinationI'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