With a nod to days gone by, a little Frozen Charlotte doll necklace pendant, her hands are clasped over her heart in anticipation ... Historic whimsical doll jewelry.

- approximate measurement - 1" plus loops x almost 3/8” (25mm x 8mm)
- photographed with a US dime and a one inch ruler for scale
- doll metal - solid sterling silver (.925 silver) or bronze - select at checkout
- shown on a chain sold separately here 
- the listing is for just one frozen charlotte doll

Hand crafted from a tiny antique bisque porcelain penny doll, which dates back to 1850 - 1920. The doll is now commonly referred to as a Frozen Charlotte.
I made a sand mold of the tiny bisque doll, then torch melted the metal and poured it into the sand mold ... sand casting it in sterling silver or bronze.  Then I've cleaned up each casting and finished each little doll up in my own little studio ... it's a long process, each doll taking a few hours, but completely hand crafted jewelry because I believe how it's made matters.

Find more frozen charlotte jewelry here.

*The original penny dolls were rigid one piece, un-jointed bisque porcelain dolls made during the 19th and early 20th centuries and most were made in Germany. The one inch sized dolls were commonly known as penny dolls or penny babies because they generally sold for one cent. The popularity of the penny dolls can be attributed, in part, to the fact that their relatively low price allowed children to accumulate a collection of dolls with which to play.  The tiniest dolls were often used in doll houses and some were even baked in cakes and puddings, hidden as favors or fortunes.
Their sizes ranged from 1” to 18” and the dolls were undressed in a standing position so children would make clothes for them to wear. Some dolls were made by glazing the front but not glazing the back so that they would float on their backs in the tub ... bathing babies.

Now the dolls are commonly known as Frozen Charlottes, after a cautionary tale based on a real event (1840) in which a girl froze to death on the sleigh ride to a winter ball … which sparked a poem by Mrs. Seba Smith (1841)
“A Corpse Going to a Ball” and tells how a young man took Charlotte to a winter ball by sleigh one very cold evening. Charlotte was too proud to wrap up in the blanket and by the time they reached the party she was frozen to death.

Impressed with history!

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