Disclaimer – if antique dolls creep you out then you might not want to see this post! (Wink!)
This is my special Mama girl!
She is a composition doll, about 23″ tall. She used to say ‘Mama’, but has been silent for a very long time.
She was given to my Mom for her 10th birthday (or Christmas…I don’t know which).
Mom remembers her as having a light blue flouncy dress, but that has been long gone.
The doll also came in a red wooden trunk, which I have, but didn’t take a photo of.
The doll has a mark on the back of her neck. I can’t tell if it is 606, 909, or something else. I don’t know much about antique dolls, but I do know that one can do research by the marks. Not knowing what I am looking at, I haven’t been successful at identifying the doll, the year made, or the manufacturer.
I don’t remember when Mom gave the doll to me. I have definitely had her over 50 years (am I that old already?)!
We have rocked together through many good and bad times. Mama Doll is absolutely one of my most precious possessions! She is my security blanket!
When I was a girl, I couldn’t find Mama Doll anywhere. Mom said that she was gone. I am ashamed to say that I behaved like a toddler without her blankie, and I really hated my Mom!
Then at Christmas, or my birthday (they are close together), Mom gave me my doll back. She wanted to surprise me! Mama Doll had been to the doll hospital. She no longer had peeling hair and one arm had been repaired. She had a dress, too (now long since gone)!
I had new tears…tears of happiness and shame! I should never have doubted Mom!
Mama Doll has been wearing Mom’s baby underslip for many a long year now.
I was hoping to find an original photo of the doll so that I could somewhat replicate her outfit.
But I never could find one.
So I have sewn and given Mama Doll a new dress and bonnet.
She wears my son’s baby shoes (My daughter wore them, too.).
It is long past time for her to be properly dressed!
Do you have a ‘security blankie’?
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