This doll was found inside a wall of a 17th century rectory in mid Wales when it was being renovated.The doll is definitively not dressed in Welsh costume.
See looks South European, maybe Italian or Greek. Possibly dating from the 1950's/1960's.
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Found very similar doll (according the face and hair at your blog.
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Probably same region