Incredibly Tender Carved Wooden Doll Couple in Hand-sewn Outfits porthole mirror with a face to match

with a face to match

but a finger or any sort of mallet will do to punch down "tearful"

with an additional 3 inches of  fringe on either end

Signed (incised) AD on the bottom

Incredibly Tender Carved Wooden Doll Couple in Hand-sewn Outfits porthole mirror with a face to matchOh, these two! They remind somewhat of old Grenfell Mission dolls from Labrador, but their clothing is suggests they are laborers to me, so I'm not certain of their origins, and while they seem very much one of a kind, there are hand written numbers on each of their legs suggesting they might be two of a series made (?) In any case, what a charming pair, one in brown wool jacket and jeans, the other in white felt coat and brown wool pants, all sewn