Jamilla

Name: Jamilla

Made by and When: Wendy Lawton/The Lawton Doll Company, 1993

Material: Porcelain, pellet-weighted cloth body, paint

Height: 9 inches

Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Sculpted and painted brown hair, brown-painted eyes, closed mouth

Clothes: Yellow cotton plissé dress with wide white collar embellished with yellow embroidered geometric shapes, yellow cotton panties, bare feet

Other: Part of Wendy Lawton’s Small Wonders collection and made in a limited edition of 500, Jamilla is number 165 in the edition. The certificate of authenticity and a hang tag include this doll’s edition number. A letter from the Lawton Doll Company describes the collection as “a little piece of heaven to hold in your hand.” In addition to Jamilla, the Small Wonders collection includes Jafry, Michael, and Meghan. Jamilla and Jafry are the brown-skinned dolls in the collection. The letter further states, “Small Wonders are made in the Lawton workshops to the exacting standards applied to each of our dolls. Each Small Wonder is limited to an edition of 500 dolls.”

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