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Nameless girl

She does not have a pedigree. She has no identifying markings. I guess she is probably a supermarket or drugstore mass-produced porcelain doll from the last ten years. But for some reason her face and her coloration called to me through eBay. When I unboxed her I was not disappointed. I found she really is special-looking. So this morning (in the motel) I am straightening her hair. When I get home I will trim the uneven ends and recurl it. I have been trying to decide if I should make her a Snow White character doll or let her be a Victorian girl as she is. I have washed her blue dress, stockings and pinafore. I am just waiting till I am done with her hair to dress her.

Anna, by Linda Mason

I awoke this morning to my new Paradise Galleries girl. I am completely amazed by Linda Mason's dolls. This little girl has such a beautiful presence and scale. It's sort of something you sense in the proportion of the face and hands.