✅ SOLVED Doll head ,porcelain or marble maybe

[CoilyGirl]

Were doll heads ever this tiny and what age could it be? This is yet another item in a relic box that was sent to my husband and it piqued my curiosity.The head is probably 1/4 of an inch around and very smooth,details are not sharp.

 

[wvwildman]

looks porcelain

 

[Peyton Manning]

not a doll in my opinion, perhaps a small sculpted piece

 

[CoilyGirl]

I meant to note that the head seems solid,no hole at the neck.

 

[CoilyGirl]

You might be right Jeff .

 

[Peyton Manning]

MIGHT MIGHT??

 

[CoilyGirl]

Yeah...might.It looks like it knows something doesn't it?

 

[Breezie]

CG, this is an antique 'penny doll' known as a Frozen Charlotte. These penny dolls were very popular from the turn of the century to 1920s-30s. The Frozen Charlotte dolls had heads that did not move.

The folk tale goes like this: A young girl disobeyed her Mother when she was told to dress warmly while going out one day during the winter.
As a result, the little girl froze to death. The rhyme on the coffin was:

Fair Charlotte was a frozen corpse
And a word she no more spoke
Her flesh had become like fine china
And just as easily broke



Interesting
Breezie

 

[CoilyGirl]

Oh wow! I can't wait to tell my husband the folklore on this little doll.

 

[yaxthri]

As a result, the little girl froze to death. The rhyme on the coffin was:

Fair Charlotte was a frozen corpse
And a word she no more spoke
Her flesh had become like fine china
And just as easily broke

Oh how creepy the old educational ways were... Interesting find and story though...

 

[CoilyGirl]

Oh how creepy the old educational ways were... Interesting find and story though...

Fo real. My mom just said " Put your coat on before I slap you into next week!