Haunted Doll Care

Haunted dolls are my favorite. I want our affection to reach the ordinary details too: a supported head, a stable cabinet, a fragile ribbon left intact, and a record that remembers what time has changed.

Reverence, Preservation & the Dollkeeper's Household

By Selia Calloway · The Witch's Vessel

A focused doll-care companion to the broader Dollkeeper’s Grimoire, with deeper material care for bisque, porcelain, composition, plastics, cloth, hair, eyes, clothing, display, packing, and transfer.

• One complete, ready-made English-language PDF book: 29 pages.

• 8 original illustrations, including the cover.

• 5 printable worksheets within the same PDF.

• Linked contents, PDF bookmarks, and thewitchsvessel.com at the bottom of every page.

• A 7 × 10-inch layout with warm parchment, evergreen serif text, plum and copper accents, and illustrated two-column teaching pages.

• Begin with the individual and the object

• The arrival inspection

• Start a condition record

• Bisque, porcelain, and painted faces

• Composition, plaster, and uncertain mixtures

• Vinyl, plastic, rubber, and changing surfaces

• Cloth bodies and vulnerable stuffing

• Hair, wigs, ribbons, and patience

• Eyes, joints, stringing, and mechanisms

• Clothing, fastenings, and accessories

• The cleaning decision: less is often better

• Display that supports the whole doll

• Light, heat, damp, and the room itself

• Pests, mould, and changes that need attention

• A relationship beyond the cabinet

• Shared households and clear agreements

• Packing for a careful journey

• Repair, transfer, and keeping the record together

• A weekly rhythm of care

• Arrival and provenance

• The doll's condition map

• Display and household plan

• Care and treatment log

• Travel and transfer record

Your purchase is the finished digital PDF described above. Download it after payment is confirmed, read it on a device, or print it for personal use. The worksheets are designed for handwriting rather than fillable form fields. For other paper sizes, choose Fit to printable area. No personalization details are needed.

This listing includes the book file only. A physical vessel, doll, pendulum, printed book, companion adoption, personalized reading, or performed service is not included. The gallery shows selected actual pages from this edition.

Personal use only. Please do not redistribute or resell the PDF or its artwork.

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