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Description
13" (33 cm.) Depicting an aged man and woman,each of the two dolls has chip-carved socket
head with highly-stylized features including pronounced chin and nose,carved definition of
hair,simple dowel-jointing at shoulders,elbows,hips and knees,defined fingers,painted shoes.
Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Pleasant Hill Academy Crafts (original paper tag on each).
Comments: the Pleasant Hill Academy was founded in that town in Tennessee in the early-19th
century and operated until 1947; its purpose was to offer broad liberal arts education for rural
youth,as well as serving as a training school in local Appalachian skills,such as wood carving; the
dolls were likely created in the training classes of the schools during the early-20th century.
Value Points: rare dolls,especially with original labels,and wearing their original costumes.