This doll arrived in a ziplock bag.
He is leaking sawdust from many areas.
He has an interesting composition head on a cloth body with composition lower arms.
He is likely from the early 1900's.
He has a sheepskin wig glued over molded and painted hair. The wig looks original to him.
His head is split up both sides.
I don't want to remove the wig as it is solidly glued and old sheepskin is fragile. So I shall have to fix his head while working around the wig.
Wood glue gets injected into the cracked head seam and he gets clamped.
Then epoxy putty is used to fill in crevices and mold a replacement corner of his shoulderplate that was missing.
The repaired seams get painted to blend in with the existing finish.
It is hard to see in the photos but he has original black features painted around his mouth and nose. Were they meant to depict facial hair?
The cloth of his original body was shredding so he has a new body covering. His original sawdust was saved and put back.
Then he gets an outfit made of antique and vintage fabrics.
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