She Works Hard for the Money - Carmel Doll Shop

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A large English wooden with piercing blue eyes that we associate with the George IV era, but retaining earlier features such as stippled eyebrows and early type leather arms. Dressed to represent a Welsh peddler with requisite, tall black hat and red cape, she specializes in sewing supplies – note her fine printed cotton yardage. A very fine German papier-mâché with an Apollo knot hairstyle hidden under her bonnet, she offers something for everyone. Especially unusual is her “fur” trimmed cape. latter method, as many of them covered remote areas that might prove unfriendly to a wheeled cart. Classic sayings such as “you cannot sell from an empty cart” herald back to the street peddling profession. Some sort of peddler could be found in every country imaginable – from Russia to America, but it is indeed England that benefited from the notion of the peddler with newly arrived Jewish immigrants in the seventeenth-century. Through street peddling, those newcomers were able to get on their feet, and then would later move into other professions as tailors, shoe makers, dressmakers and bankers. Throughout Europe, the peddling profession was strictly limited to men, but in England, women were welcomed, allowing equal opportunity. 2
Some of the first commercially made peddler dolls – this pair of “White’s” features leather faces, with their happy features painted on. The well-dressed duo offers a wide assortment of fine goods such as graters, buttons, inkwells, decorative screens and hanks of cording. Circa 1820s, their condition is excellent. An enchanting peg wooden of the type that Princess Victoria often played with, this tiny example is a basket specialist – tiny baskets! Mostly decorative today, baskets were at one time a mainstay in the kitchen and throughout the entire house. Formerly in the John Darcy Noble collection, this early 1830s, alloriginal, wooden peddler boasts delicate facial features and a basket chock full of useful wares. 3
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