"A French doll in porcelain and kid leather dressed by Simone of Paris in the 1870s".
Ooh La La. This doll looks as though she is about to go travelling, depending on the season she will be able to keep warm with the fur stoles as she takes the train from Paris, the porter loading her trunk, or perhaps she will hoist the parasol as she strolls down a boulevard. What amazes me about this card is the pristine appearance of both clothes and dolls. I suspect my dolls were not as well cared for and there was no trunk for their clothing, although I did have a shoe box which performed the same function.
Here I am on my 5th birthday complete with party dress and a selection of dolls
An Entry to Sepia Saturday
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Welcome to Sepia Saturday! I love the photo of you all posing with your dolls. It looks as if you were all off to a doll party.
I'm glad Roger had the bear!
The French doll looks like the kind that wasn't meant for play.
The French doll, complete with parasol, is quite something, but still doesn't compare the picture of you kids with dolls and bear.
Welcome to Sepia Saturday Joy. And what a perfect picture to start with - it is the kind of picture you can look at for ages and keep seeing new delights within it.
I'm sure no child was ever allowed do anything more than admire the French doll, but it really is beautiful!
What a very posh French lady - she looks like she must have been very expensive and was maybe bought by a collector? I love your birthday photo, but the waving dolly is a little bit creepy :-) Jo
What a great memory and you obviously had a wonderful 5th birthday. Love the party dresses, shoes and anklets and Roger's shirt and tie with his shorts. Just adorable!
This is precious! You all look so happy and like you are having a great time at the party. The postcard is fantastic too.
Kathy M.
Great photo of you with your dolls Joy. I had a mother who made hundreds of dolls clothes too - weren’t we lucky?
I had a book called "The Wonderful Fashion Doll" about a doll with a trunk full of clothes like that. As I recall she was not meant for children to play with but to model the latest fashions. The dolls you three are holding look like they had more fun. But maybe a fashion doll doesn't want such fun.
Your smiles are wonderfully infectious!
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