Bisque-headed doll
Category
Dolls
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bisque-headed doll
Measurements
720 mm (height)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 658869
Summary
A bisque-headed doll with open and close blue glass eyes, real eyelashes, painted facial details. Brown mohair hair. The body, arms, hands, legs and feet are composition. The legs are ball-joined at the knee, the arms are ball-jointed at the shoulders and wrists. The fingers and toes are 'picked out' with red paint. Wearing an cream silk dress with cream crocheted trim at neck. Yellow embroidered smocking at neck, cuffs and waistband. Yellow embroidered leaf motif runs above hem of dress. This dress is labelled Co.316a. Also wearing a cream knitted wool binder.
Marks and inscriptions
On the back of the head: '21[4]/ made in/ Germany'