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VICTORIAN LOWBROW MOURNING DOLL:
Bramwell Blowbladder - Plague Doctor #2
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Plague Doctors
During the Black Death and the Great Plague of London, quacks known as
Plague Doctors would make housecalls to the sick in order to verify whether
or not they were infected with the plague or not.
The Plague Doctor wore his own special "hazmat" type outfit, which consisted of a
squat black hat - this would indicate that the man was indeed a "doctor" -
along with a strange birds beak type mask that was filled with aromatic herbs and
spices so that the good doctor would not have to breathe in toxins or foul odors and his
eyes were hidden behind thick crystal type goggles.
He carried a cane which he would use to throttle at his "patients" in order for them
to keep a safe distance lest they come too close. He wore a sturdy
pair of leather gloves, a long, floor length gown type dress, the surface given a liberal
coat of wax in order to "waterproof" himself from infectious fluids and last but not least,
his feet were covered in full length sturdy leather boots.
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Bramwell Blowbladder is 19 inches tall, from the top of his black hat to the
bottom of his leather covered feet.
He has articulated arms and legs.
Bramwell Blowbladder as well as his entire outfit was completely hand-stitched,
no sewing machines were used.
Bramwell Blowbladder's smock is gray fabric, with beige fabric for the neck and
shoulder area. The face mask is tied at the neck with leather strips,
the beak, gloves and boots are all hand-sewn from old leather scraps.
The hat is black fabric with wire to hold its shape and the eyes are buttons.
The entire doll was hand-stitched from cotton fabric, his
face was hand-painted using acrylic paints,
and the body is stuffed with 100% clean polyestor fiber fill.
Each doll comes with a set of elegant hang-tags
that were specially made for this years batch of dolls.
Daguerreotype frame not included.
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This doll has been registered with the U.S. Copyright Office in Washington, D.C.
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