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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Antique Doll Late 1800's

« on: April 11, 2010, 12:55:20 pm »

Thanks that's good to know because I've had her in an old antique thread spool cardboard box.  I don't know which generation put her in that but that's what she has always been in so that's probably why her dress is getting brown spots.  Is there anyway I can preserve her hair from disintegrating any further?  Is that due to lack of air also?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Antique Doll Late 1800's

« on: April 10, 2010, 05:12:57 am »

Thank you all for the information, I really appreciate it.  I want to type up a card and keep it with her so future generations won't have to go through all this trouble that I have and will know the history.  I think I will think about getting her restored.  One last question if she is a wax-over composition should I not keep her in an airtight container as this might make her crack more?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Antique Doll Late 1800's

« on: April 09, 2010, 03:40:18 pm »

She's not wood it almost feels like plaster.  No markings that I can see on neck and I don't want to cut dress off to see the body.

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Antique Questions Forum / Antique Doll Late 1800's

« on: April 09, 2010, 03:00:25 pm »

The attached doll was my great grandmothers and I am looking for any information I can find on her.  She is 16" tall and I don't know what material her face, arms and legs are.  The rest of her body is cloth.  Her arms only go halfway up and are sewn to the dress and her legs go to about the knee and then turn to cloth.  There are no visible markings on her neck but her hair is in a hair net and bun and is starting to deteriorate so I don't want to mess with it any more than I have to.  I cannot check her body for markings as the purple dress, blue slip and white knickers are sewn to her body.  She is also starting to get age spots on her dress and cracks around edges of her eyes.  Any information at all would be helpful.