Wax shoulder-head doll
Category
Dolls
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wax shoulder-head doll
Measurements
430 mm (height)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 658839
Summary
A wax shoulder-headed doll with moulded and painted facial features, and open and shut eyes. She has fair hair cut in a short style. She has wax arms and legs. Her right arm is broken off and her right leg is only held on by a cord through one eyelet. Her body is covered in cotton fabric stuffed, possibly with flock. She wears a knitted cape of white curly fibre, possibly mohair, with pink ribbons, a long white cotton dress or nightdress with broderie anglaise near the hem, an embroidered ribbon sash in beige with orange flowers, a white cotton petticoat with lace hem, and a flannel petticoat with a scalloped embroidered hem. Total number of items is 2.
Marks and inscriptions
On the chest at the top of the cotton: 'HAMLEYS/ 84/ REGENT ST/ W./ DOLLS REPAIRED'