Regal Black Folk Art Bottle Doll in Gold Dress modernist candleholders But now he sits happily

But now he sits happily flat on a surface

this is just about the most beautiful decoy I've ever seen

and I could not ignore the call

I first saw a set of these a year of so ago at New Hampshire Antiques Week and have had an eye out ever since

which expanded to include 314 colors

Regal Black Folk Art Bottle Doll in Gold Dress modernist candleholders But now he sits happilyI purchased this doll from a Connecticut based dealer, who recently found her, and several carved figures I'm listing, together at one estate. To me she feels very regal in her gold beads and marigold yellow dress, with this wonderful hand painted face on what seems to be black silk (perhaps a tightly stretched and stuffed black silk stocking), and gathering stitches to give shape to her nose. Her hair appears to be astrakhan (lambs wool, still