See DOLLY SHOP, and quots.
1835. DICKENS, Sketches by Boz, p. 174. [Speaking of a marine-store shop]: Imagine, in addition to this incongruous mass, a BLACK DOLL in a white frock, with two faces—one looking up the street, the other looking down, swinging over the door.
1838. D. JERROLD, Men of Character, II., 100. Five hundred articles, among which might be found knockers, scrapers, barbers’ poles, BLACK DOLLS.
1861. Cornhill Magazine, Nov., 609. The best price given for old rags—inquire at the sign of the BLACK DOLL.
