Amazingly Constructed Small First Communion Doll gift for seamstress but definitely 19th century

but definitely 19th century

Easy to hang by resting on a small nail to two positioned between  the legs and below the wing

who I think quite charmed the artist as he sketched them nearly 200 years ago

I've found Vicks VapoRub blue glass jars a but hard to date

maybe horizontally but sitting on a couple of nails

Amazingly Constructed Small First Communion Doll gift for seamstress but definitely 19th centuryI'm not in the least religious, but I find myself attracted to all sorts of religious objects, and this little doll feels pretty miraculous to me. The paper tag pinned to her dress is partially torn, but certainly read First Communion, and perhaps _ in Venezia (Venice) after that? So perhaps she was made as a souvenir doll, and an incredibly constructed one in any case, with carefully cut paper for her hands, one of which wraps around a fabric candle,