The China Doll

Marcella

The story of Marcella and Raggedy Ann...
It was a rainy day. The little girl had nothing with which to occupy her time so she ran up to the old family attic to play. While poking around she came across an old battered doll with its face worn off. Delightedly, she carried her new-found treasure down to her father's studio. Her father, a well-respected political cartoonist, put down his work, gathered his little daughter in close and painted a bright new face on the floppy doll. The child and the doll became inseparable.

It wasn't long after this that the little girl became ill. Her father left his work to sit by her bedside. It was during these long hours that her father began to weave those wonderful tales about the little girl's beloved doll and her other toys. The little girl, Marcella, died from that illness and her heartbroken father, Johnny Gruelle, carried that beloved little rag doll into his office and placed her on his desk where she remained for many years. Even though Marcella has been gone for over 70 years the stories that her father told and even that floppy little rag doll herself have been loved by each succeeding generation.
And the name of that rag doll?
Why, Raggedy Ann, of course.

Raggedy Ann dolly no longer available.

$250