Rose Percy" Doll with Extensive Wardrobe and Accessories, Sold in 1864 to Raise Funds for the Sanitary Commission, and on Display at the American Red Cross Museum since 1920
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Rose Percy" Doll with Extensive Wardrobe and Accessories, Sold in 1864 to Raise Funds for the Sanitary Commission, and on Display at the American Red Cross Museum since 1920. A 23" English poured wax doll with blue eyes and blond hair, maker unknown (possibly Charles Marsh or Herbert John Meech). Initially sold at the April 1864 Metropolitan Fair in New York to raise funds for the work of the Sanitary Commission, Rose Percy is being offered with an original wardrobe of clothing and collection of accessories that are second to none in scope, quality, or history. Rose was loaned for display to the American Red Cross in 1920 by her original owner, Mrs. Horace H. Chittenden (née Bertha Peters). Later, in 1954, the son and daughter-in-law of Mrs. Chittenden (whose father-in-law was Register of the U.S. Treasury under Abraham Lincoln) gifted Rose to that organization. A big thank you goes out to Antique Doll Collector magazine for providing us with an excellent article, "Remarkable Rose," that appeared in their May 2005 issue and to the author, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, for her painstaking research. Also, thanks to Virginia Mescher for her article "'Small but Mighty Host' Benefit and Fund Raising Dolls in the Civil War" and for providing us copies of Red Cross publications from 1920 and 1931. Copies of a number of newspaper and other articles
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