This pen wiper doll is made from wood, wax, paint and with arms fashioned from a wish bone (or merrythought bone). The doll wears a red cloak which covers three layers of fabric in black, green and red, which were used to wipe excess ink from pens. Other similar dolls have rhymes pinned to them describing the wishbones journey from hen to (wiping a) pen, and the red patch on the front suggest this doll once had one its own rhyme.
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