{"product_id":"frozen-charlotte-bunny-head-charlotte-doll-jewelry","title":"Frozen Charlotte - bunny head Charlotte - doll jewelry","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith a nod to days gone by, a little whimsical sterling silver bunny head Frozen Charlotte doll necklace pendant ... historic whimsical bunny Charlotte doll jewelry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA whimsical little Victorian era style anthropomorphic bunny doll ... anthropomorphism is the portrayal of human traits, personality, or attributes to non-human things, often but not always animals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- approximate measurement - 1 3\/8\" x just over 1\/4” (34mm x 9mm) \u003cbr\u003e- photographed with a US dime for scale\u003cbr\u003e- doll metal - sterling silver (.925 silver) \u003cbr\u003e*** bunny head charlotte doll charm only - necklace chains are sold separately \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/suegrayjewelry.com\/collections\/chains-and-add-ons\/products\/sterling-silver-cable-necklace-chain-16-18-20-or-24\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHand crafted by carving the little bunny with ears head in wax and borrowing an antique bisque porcelain penny doll to sand cast as one in my little studio ... yes, I did need to remove Charlotte's head to do this but no antique porcelain Charlotte dolls were harmed in the process.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe tiniest dolls were often used in doll houses and some were even baked in cakes and puddings, hidden as favors or fortunes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTheir 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow 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)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e©2026 suegray jewelry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImpressed with history!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"suegray jewelry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54863366324515,"sku":null,"price":98.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2007\/5503\/files\/IMG_8978_d5f21e42-fb05-4753-b446-98f9e7be3633.jpg?v=1774394762","url":"https:\/\/suegrayjewelry.com\/products\/frozen-charlotte-bunny-head-charlotte-doll-jewelry","provider":"suegray jewelry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}