possibly 19th century, rag and fiber covered wire dolls with later clothes over original, period clothes, mounted on later stands; pink dress example with sculpted and painted clay head, carved and painted wood legs and shoes; apron example with painted and embroidered fabric head, fiber hair, carved wood hand basket, carved wood legs and shoes; hat example with sculpted and painted clay head; one example with carved and painted wooden head; associated carved and painted fox with inset bead eyes; housed in painted hinged lid shadowbox, lined with paper bag scrap with pencil drawing of an apple tree; largest doll 9-1/8 in., box 11-1/2 x 19 x 3-1/2 in.

Provenance: According to consignor notes, these dolls were found in an abandoned house in Randolph County, North Carolina along with a Civil War uniform; purchased from Bob Loy, North Carolina, 1987 for $650; Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee