Wax shoulder-head doll
Category
Dolls
Date
1840 - 1849
Materials
Wax shoulder-head doll, wood, cotton, glass
Measurements
380 mm (height)
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National Trust Museum of Childhood (Accredited Museum)
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NT 659602
Summary
A wax-headed boy doll with a badly cracked face. He has inset black glass eyes and a moulded red, blue, black and white wax hat. His stuffed cloth body has a squeaker (according to the label on the box). His wooden lower arms, hands, lower legs are painted, and his feet are painted black to imitate boots. He is wearing brown velvet breeches, a waistcoat with black bead buttons and a jacket with a cream paper collar.