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GOTHIC LOWBROW PLAGUE DOCTOR DOLL:
Doctor Osgood Bludgeon - Gothic Lowbrow Plague Doctor #4
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 most famous image of the Plague Doctor is from an engraving by Paul Fürst
(after J Columbina), circa Rome 1656 titled "Doktor Schnabel von Rom" ("Doctor Beak from Rome"):
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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Doctor Osgood Bludgeon is 22 inches tall, from the top of his hat to the bottom of his gray velvet covered feet.
He has articulated arms and legs, his face, hat and his entire outfit was completely hand-stitched,
absolutely no sewing machines were used.
His face was hand-painted with acrylic paint, and for his glasses, vintage gold rimmed buttons were sewn onto his face.
His hands are made of bisque and tinted slightly in order to bring out the veins in his hands.
Doctor Osgood Bludgeon's smock is vintage olive green velvet, with a vintage gray velvet cape that hangs down the back, and
drapes over the shoulders in the front, and is tied with Victorian era black braided cord.
A vintage yellow wool type fabric was used for the scarf under the chin, and vintage black velvet was used for the sleeves.
His hat is entirely hand-made using a vintage deep blue velvet, trimmed with a thin black weeper ribbon.
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 polyester fiber fill.
Each Plague Doctor doll comes with a free
Madame Talbot Plague Doctor Poster
Also included, an elegant hang-tag
that was specially made for this years
newest batch of dolls.
And last but not least, here is a Madame Talbot Plague Doctor doll who looks like he has a bad case of the fidgets.
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This doll has been registered with the U.S. Copyright Office in Washington, D.C.
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