Mr Thwaite’s Doll – pt II
“The old man took a tin from his pocket and opened it to show to his friends. I had been reading an exhibition catalogue studiously trying to not to appear interested in their conversation so far, but now I was intrigued and put the book down. Inside was a tiny clay figure, no bigger than...
Mr Thwaite’s Doll
MrThwaites_Doll, originally uploaded by Goldtop. Mr Thwaite had this doll in a box in his pocket. He’d found it mudlarking and was chatting with his friends abut what it was.. (made of pipe clay, too small to be a doll, perhaps a tamper?, perhaps 18thC?). I’ll never know, but he was gracious enough to let...
