Three rag dolls, one man and two women, mounted on a textile covered board in a red cigarette tin. The large female dolls has a blue and white top and a dark blue skirt, the smaller female doll is wearing a floral top and skirt and the male doll is wearing a pale blue top and a pale blue and a dark blue and white stripped garment. In the lid of the tin is an inscription about the doll's clothing and hair and about the maker.
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