A Rare American Leather Doll by Gussie Decker c.1903-09 sub-Decorative Objects The piece remains structurally very

The piece remains structurally very sound

Proving delightfully decorative and deliciously nostalgic

those pictured now laying in graves across the world

So the superstition goes that seeing one magpie constitutes as bad luck

A Rare American Leather Doll by Gussie Decker c.1903-09 sub-Decorative Objects The piece remains structurally veryOrigin: American Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1903 09 Height: 12 Width: 3. 75 Depth: 1. 5 (all at extremities) Constructed in five pieces of supple leather, the American teaching aid, teething or grappling doll, used by children partly for learning how to lace and tie shoes, the horse hair stuffed body with eyelet and shoelace closed chest having painted features and tooled in relief with the body finely stitched and the design