Wonderful Old Miniature Carved Wooden Doll in Denim with Hand-drawn Face and Gripping Hands handmade dollhouse chair Sold as found with two

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

perhaps made from other crates

7 5/8" x 4 7/8"

Not complete--mostly it is the "surfaces" that are missing (flat cardboard cutouts)

Thickly painted oil on board

Wonderful Old Miniature Carved Wooden Doll in Denim with Hand-drawn Face and Gripping Hands handmade dollhouse chair Sold as found with twoI'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.