Featured There are AT LEAST TWO ANTIQUE ITEMS in this basket!!!!! :))

Hi all!! Didn't want to mess up @journeymagazine's thread with my basket full of mostly black hand made (I think) dolls, but there are a couple of antique items in the basket as well. I believe Mom must have bought it sometime around '86, which probably means on the Cape, but NOT sure and NO receipt to be found. She put them in an old basket she had and lined it with antique fabric from a shipwreck off Block Island (this I know to be true!!!)....but the whole thing I think is adorable and someone went to A LOT of work making all of these dolls....they all have bloomers on, btw, 'cept for the one boy....he's wearing pants!! There are also 4 side pockets in the basket that I found loose various thing inside....the last little ceramic doll I can NEVER remember what you call them....she's only 2" tall!! So here goes....11 images so hope they all post here!! Well, they didn't, so, two below. BTW, the first image, on the left, has one topsy turvy doll mix!!! At least that's what I think I remember they were called!!

 

The two small quilts that were in the bottom of the basket.....the black men I do not believe is old, but looks like it is tea stained to look old or some such.....it's still neat. Back is plain...21" x 29". The 1 1/4" small squares small quilt is I believe old, crooked as all get out....17" x 25.5"....

 

Frozen Charlotte?

 

That's what they're known as.

Aquataine.......Your adorable black dolls are a perfect example of dolls made with love and sense of pride.

Love the quilts.

Any of the collection could've been made by either a white or black person. They remind me of what might have been, and/or still found today in quality touristy shops or shows.

 

Frozen Charlotte for sure. I identify more with Pearl, who has brought home another cat. I wanted to be a crazy cat lady when I grew up. The crazy part happened.

 

THANK you Bronwen!!!!!........NOW all I have to do is PLANT that within the brain cells!!!!!!!

 

Some of you may be interested in dolls by Leo Moss. Very expensive today.

https://www.facebook.com/NubianRoot...olls-in-the-late-1800s-thro/1224501224281099/

 

good find !!!!!!

 

Whomever made the Uncle Sam quilt also followed the pattern colors.

The little porcelain doll looks something like the (newer) made in China king cake babies, although I suspect yours was made in Japan pre-1970s.

 

In rereading your description, I see the fabric lining of the basket is antique, what is the other antique item in the picture, Sue?

 

Not that it matters value wise, but that doll is considered stone bisque. You are correct in that it probably was made in Japan.

The 2nd link shows a group of stone bisque dolls....none of them jointed, but they are not listed as frozen Charlotte dolls.

Molded, unjointed dolls, china or bisque, are referred to as frozen Charlottes, but not all of them are. It has become a term used on dolls without joints.

You can google frozen Charlotte to find the story told about her and her companion Charlie.






http://www.carolfoster.net/dolls/product/3-25-3-38-set-of-6-stone-bisque-figurines/

 

I never would've guessed the quilted figures to represent Uncle Sam! What a wonderful piece of information INH!

 

I especially love Pearl!

 

SWEEEEET things! I love the writen tags with each doll
Pearl brought home another cat is a must have

 

@antidiem, the other mini quilt is definitely IMHO antique for one, and one of those three brass hooks belonged to my mother's grandmother! Lucky me gets to figure out which one!! The thimble, I have no clue if it's old or not!!! Didn't even know it was in there before!!!

 

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@INH, I had NO idea!!!! I had just kept that whole collection tucked away and never researched it!!! Thank you for finding that on that mini quilt!!!! Now I have to go check and see if mine is stamped, although I don't remember seeing one (but I also wasn't looking for a stamp!!)

 

I saw that!!!!! So, apparently all of those are 1986, which is also the date on those dolls! Cool!