Name: OOAK Candlestick Doll
Made by and When: Goldie Wilson, 2024
Material: Crystal candlestick holder, vintage jewelry, paint, porcelain, glass eyes, glue
Marks: Unmarked
Height: 12 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Hand-applied gold-tone metal and gold fabric flowers create the elaborate headdress. Brown inset side-glancing eyes have applied upper eyelashes and hand-drawn lower eyelashes and brows. The closed mouth has wine lip color.
Clothes: Around the edge of the breastplate are gold fabric flowers. A circular gold-tone metal piece covers each arm socket. A gold-tone necklace with a centered metal floral bouquet creates a choker. The base of the candlestick is trimmed in gold.
Other: Goldie Wilson created a mixture of 10 one-of-a-kind candlestick and vase dolls in 2024. Gallery 2 includes nine other elaborate one-of-a-kind candlestick and vase dolls by the artist.
Gallery 1
Gallery 2
Other Goldie Wilson doll installations
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