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Lot 537
[CIVIL WAR] POW Carved Doll Relic
Estimate: $1,500 - $3,000
Sold for
$2,250
Sold Price excludes BP
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Confederate POW carved doll with matching setee. Doll measures 4 1/8 in. tall. Setee measures 5 1/2 x 2 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. Pencil inscription at the base of the setee reads: "Made at Fort Warren Nov. 1861/ By a Prisoner of War Rebel."
Finely crafted doll with painted face detailing and outfitted in a stitched and patterned frock. Paired with a wooden setee with intricate carved designs. Attributed to a Confederate prisoner of war kept at Fort Warren in 1861, likely finding a way to pass the time
This artifact was likely collected and preserved by Pvt. John T. Ross, a Union guard at Fort Warren, whose own carved work is offered in the succeeding lot.
Carved wood or bone objects are frequently encountered among prisoner-of-war relics, but they are usually more simple objects. The contrast between the innocence of a child’s doll and the harsh circumstances of its creation makes this an unusual and somber example within the broader tradition of Civil War prison artifacts.
[Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Relics, Militaria] [Medals, Corps Badges, Badges] [Art, Folk Art, Military Art, Etching, Engraving, Lithographs, Prints, Ephemera]
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