Birgitta is a one-of-a-kind witch doll created from vintage 1970’s era Avon American Heritage China Head Doll in the style of the “German Low Brow” antique dolls. I have added ceramic arms and legs to her body which is covered in tea-dyed vintage lace. She has a very sly look on her face.
She is adorned with vintage lace collar and gold crescent moon charm. She wears a hand-dyed vintage black cotton skirt with lace, and has a black felt hat that can be affixed with a little Gorilla putty or tied on with the ribbons. On her chatelain is a heart locket and gold chains. She comes with a matching broom crafted from apple wood known for its magical uses: protection, fertility, and divination.
She measures approximately 13”.
Lasses Birgitta lived on the wind-swept island of Öland, off Sweden’s Baltic coast, in the early 1500s. Little is known of her life before the legend. She was a farmer’s wife, perhaps, or a cunning woman who knew her way through herbs and charms. But what was recorded sealed her fate: one cold April night in 1550, she was accused of performing witchcraft in the churchyard of Kastlösa.
They said Birgitta walked three times against the sun around the grave of a dead man, whispering words to wake him. They said she blew through the keyhole of the church until the heavy door opened, that she took the priest’s stole and swore herself to the Devil. Whether this was her own story or the invention of frightened men, we will never know.
What is certain is that she became the first woman in Sweden to be executed for witchcraft, executed at Kalmar Castle while the spring ice was still breaking on the shore.
This doll is in excellent condition but she does have fragile, ceramic parts and is for display not play. Do not get her or her clothing wet, and keep out of direct sunlight.
Birgitta is a one-of-a-kind witch doll created from vintage 1970’s era Avon American Heritage China Head Doll in the style of the “German Low Brow” antique dolls. I have added ceramic arms and legs to her body which is covered in tea-dyed vintage lace. She has a very sly look on her face.
She is adorned with vintage lace collar and gold crescent moon charm. She wears a hand-dyed vintage black cotton skirt with lace, and has a black felt hat that can be affixed with a little Gorilla putty or tied on with the ribbons. On her chatelain is a heart locket and gold chains. She comes with a matching broom crafted from apple wood known for its magical uses: protection, fertility, and divination.
She measures approximately 13”.
Lasses Birgitta lived on the wind-swept island of Öland, off Sweden’s Baltic coast, in the early 1500s. Little is known of her life before the legend. She was a farmer’s wife, perhaps, or a cunning woman who knew her way through herbs and charms. But what was recorded sealed her fate: one cold April night in 1550, she was accused of performing witchcraft in the churchyard of Kastlösa.
They said Birgitta walked three times against the sun around the grave of a dead man, whispering words to wake him. They said she blew through the keyhole of the church until the heavy door opened, that she took the priest’s stole and swore herself to the Devil. Whether this was her own story or the invention of frightened men, we will never know.
What is certain is that she became the first woman in Sweden to be executed for witchcraft, executed at Kalmar Castle while the spring ice was still breaking on the shore.
This doll is in excellent condition but she does have fragile, ceramic parts and is for display not play. Do not get her or her clothing wet, and keep out of direct sunlight.
