19th C. Spencerian Calligraphic Ink Drawn Fish antique doll looks to me both like

looks to me both like a face and like a little turtle coming to the end of a long path

I have not found another like it and really think it is quite a special piece

And what a beautifully drawn tangle of stretching limbs and grabbing hands

The sting on the back will work to raise both arms with a little effort

Hastings is written in pencil on the underside of one box

19th C. Spencerian Calligraphic Ink Drawn Fish antique doll looks to me both likeOne sees Spencerian calligraphic drawings of deer and birds, especially, around, but rarer to come across a fish, and while this one shows a couple of tears along the bottom edge (which I've mended from the reverse with transparent archival tape), it strikes me as a perfect thing for a fisher person as well, of course, as for a lover of antique calligraphy, as I am. I really love the face on it too, looking a bit smug and self satisfied, perhaps too