Twin Doll
A Victorian child played with the French antique doll created by Emile Jumeau. The doll needed tender loving care. If the child dropped the doll, the bisque head shattered. This doll survived over a hundred years.
When my daughter Alix was younger, she received an American Girl doll for the holidays. The doll resembled Alix with matching blonde hair. The doll sported a white dress and a holiday wreath and arrived with an identical child-sized outfit for Alix to wear. The plastic doll was more durable than the Victorian one. But over the years she was given away. I wish Alix still owned her. Then I could look at the doll and think of my daughter alive and enraptured with her twin doll.
Did you or a loved one have a special doll?
Many. I had all kinds. In fact, I still have a doll with a porcelain head on my dresser. For some of us, dolls were important. Yet even so, over the years, my collection has needed "editing." Julie, I wonder if you've thought about purchasing a beautiful doll for you. Maybe one that reminds you of Alix.
My daughter had an American doll also that looked like her (glasses and all). She never cared for any other dolls, and we still have her tucked away. I love your memory of Alix and her twin doll.
As a child I had a well-loved Barbie :)