Doll's House Doll

Added by Miriam Patrick

Located under Toys, games & sports

Story behind the treasure: I found my doll on a shelf in my Grandma’s coal place. I was allowed to keep her, but when I eventually left home, she stayed behind. I did not see her again until I was clearing my parents’ house year later. By then, only the china head remained. At a Dolls’ Hospital I learned that this was the head of a Victorian doll’s house doll. I bought calico, a pattern and tiny replacement hands and feet so I could remake her. I dressed her in clothes made from my mother’s handkerchiefs. Restoring her became an act of mourning and remembering.