A return to the 1920's composition doll

This was how the 1920's doll arrived to me last Winter in Florida.
She had a beautiful organdy outfit but her paint layer was shot and her skim composition layer was no better. Her eyes were stuck shut.















After her lifted and peeling layers were removed she looked like this by the Spring.

She got left in a box for the next few seasons while we migrated north but finally got back into the repair queue just recently.

She got filled, sanded, primed and painted and now looks like this.

This is her teeth and tongue. Both are made from celluloid.

Here she is now.
Her original mohair wig has been washed. It is sparse but when her bonnet goes back on it will only be peeking out. Her wig will still get a few plugs of mohair that fell out during the washing process....maybe fill in the bangs a bit?

It is good to save the original wigs where possible.

Her head is a shoulderplate style that is glued on to the cloth body.
The cloth body was washed. The crier was fixed.....it squawks like all the rest of them......and her original stuffing was replaced.

Back into her organdy outfit she goes....