Category Archives: 1900s

1900 Hand-Carved Peg-Wooden Doll

Wooden DollI was happy to find this 12 in. early 1900’s hand-carved peg-wooden doll. These affordable wooden dolls were also called “penny-woodens” or “Dutch dolls” and were popular in America from early days till the 1920’s. Many were imported from Germany. This one was found in an antique shop. I recognized it from in a 1968 Hobbies magazine advertising an entire lot of old stock peg-woodens at bargain prices. Her crudely carved body is covered with undergarments I made for her.