Blue Monday - Literary Doll in Blue

Blue Monday is sponsored by our gracious Sally at Smiling Sally.

My post for last week’s Three or More Tuesday was on "Literary Character Dolls" and showed my dolls and related books and other items.

For today's post I’d like to share one other famous literary character doll, Alice in Wonderland.
This particular Alice in Wonderland doll is by Effanbee from their series of storybook dolls.
She is 11 inches tall and wears a white apron with eyelet border matching the collar and cuffs of her bright blue dress. A pale blue ribbon holds back her blonde hair.

At a thrift shop I found a vintage book, Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll with the original illustrations by John Tenniel. Companion Library series published by Grosset & Dunlap. It cost ten cents.

Among my books on tea and tea entertaining is the book, Taking Tea With Alice by, which presents whimsical tea parties.
In this photo I have Alice sitting in a Queen Anne doll chair with a mini tea set from England nearby. The teapot and cup and saucer are by Crown Staffordshire and have cobalt blue and gilt decorations on a cream background.

What I enjoyed in reading Alice in Wonderland is her character and personality, as revealed in her curiosity, constant matter-fact viewpoint and insistence on people making sense when they uttered a statement. The doll’s face shows a curious and determined young lady indeed:

"And what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?" Well the John Tenniel illustrations are whimsical and Lewis Carroll’s text is fullof charm.

Artist Robert Sabada made a pop-up book of the Alice in Wonderland story, and I bought a copy on Ebay:

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