Glazed china-headed doll
Category
Dolls
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glazed china shoulder-head doll
Measurements
355 mm (height)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 658842
Summary
A doll with glazed china head, shoulders, arms and lower legs and a cloth body. Painted facial features and moulded and painted black hair. Wearing a brown and beige striped and sprigged dress with lace at the neck and rick-rack on sleeve edges. One pin tuck at lower edge of dress. There is a string draw-string at waist and neck. A full length white petticoat with printed herringbone stripes and lace at neck. A moth eaten red flannel under petticoat. A third lace trimmed petticoat. The cloth body has been repaired. Painted brown boots and a thin, painted red garter on each leg. There is a tape bandage round her upper right leg.