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How come the first day back at work after annual leave always seems to last twice as long as usual? Anyway, Monday ground to an end eventually.
Tuesday afternoon was equally thrilling, bring stuck in an over-heated room on my own while working though a series of online training videos. You watch the video then answer the question which pops up at the video's end. The questions are multiple choice and wouldn't challenge the IQ of a newt, but I dutifully sat though it all - mostly looking out of the widow while the videos chattered to themselves. I scored 100% for each course, not because I'm a genius but because the courses really are that simple.
When I arrived home, a parcel was waiting for me. I knew what it contained even before I carefully opened it - my latest eBay find, which is a gorgeous vintage baby doll made by Armand Marseille, who sounds French but was actually born in Russia in 1856. He moved to Germany in the 1860s, and bought a porcelain factory which he re-named after himself, and there he began a successful business making dolls heads in various designs.
This doll has glass eyes which close, and a beautifully turned face delicately coloured. A blush of pale ginger tint covers its scalp, a hint of the red hair which would grow later if this had been a real baby. The porcelain hands and head/face are in excellent condition; no chips or discolouration. The cloth body is in reasonable condition too, though is beginning to look a little delicate along some seams - no surprise, considering its vintage. The raised "AM" stamp is clear on the back of the neck. Naming this new addition to my little collection is easy considering the manufacturer, red hair and my own undiminished Ricean obsessions: it's Armand, of course.
Tuesday afternoon was equally thrilling, bring stuck in an over-heated room on my own while working though a series of online training videos. You watch the video then answer the question which pops up at the video's end. The questions are multiple choice and wouldn't challenge the IQ of a newt, but I dutifully sat though it all - mostly looking out of the widow while the videos chattered to themselves. I scored 100% for each course, not because I'm a genius but because the courses really are that simple.
When I arrived home, a parcel was waiting for me. I knew what it contained even before I carefully opened it - my latest eBay find, which is a gorgeous vintage baby doll made by Armand Marseille, who sounds French but was actually born in Russia in 1856. He moved to Germany in the 1860s, and bought a porcelain factory which he re-named after himself, and there he began a successful business making dolls heads in various designs.
This doll has glass eyes which close, and a beautifully turned face delicately coloured. A blush of pale ginger tint covers its scalp, a hint of the red hair which would grow later if this had been a real baby. The porcelain hands and head/face are in excellent condition; no chips or discolouration. The cloth body is in reasonable condition too, though is beginning to look a little delicate along some seams - no surprise, considering its vintage. The raised "AM" stamp is clear on the back of the neck. Naming this new addition to my little collection is easy considering the manufacturer, red hair and my own undiminished Ricean obsessions: it's Armand, of course.
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