An Early 19thC English Carved & Polychrome Painted Stump Doll c.1800-25 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope The artist did a self-portrait

The artist did a self-portrait

Specimens of black coral are scarce

The original labels verso read:

with a later oak top now serving as a side table or pedestal

used the coat lozengy since 1242

An Early 19thC English Carved & Polychrome Painted Stump Doll c.1800-25 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope The artist did a self-portraitOrigin: EnglishPeriod: George IIIProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1810 30Height: 15Depth: 4Width: 4. 5 (at shoulders)The enchanting English polychrome painted gesso and wood (possibly oak) stump doll of primitive form and carved in one piece, her round head inset with the original black and white glass eyes, the flat backed body of bulbous form with the original(?) linen cloth, the lower half with vacant slots for hinged feet, the whole surviving in