Wooden doll

Contributed by BBC Leicester listeners

My great aunt went to Canada in 1908 to visit her son. A sailor on the ship had carved her this doll to give to her niece in Leicester for her fourth Birthday this being my mother who called the doll Judy. She passed it on to me to play with. My four daughters have played with it, and now my four Grandaughters as well. It hangs in my Dining Kitchen in Braunstone Town near Leicester.

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Location

Canada

Culture
Period

1908

Theme
Size
H:
30cm
W:
16cm
D:
6cm
Colour
Material

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