Bisque doll
Category
Dolls
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bisque headed doll
Measurements
339 mm (height)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659029
Summary
A bisque headed doll with moulded and painted facial features with open mouth and open and closed blue glass eyes. Her blonde hair is glued and attached to a crown which is seperate to the head. Her painted wooden body is jointed at the shoulders, elbows, hips and knees. She wears a blue dress open at the back and fastened with a button and loop. Decorated with a line of white embroidery at the hem and wrist and lace edging at the neck. Her white cotton vest has feather stitching and lace at the neck. A pair of drawers is fastened by a linen button at the waist and has feather stitching and an edging of lace. A cream flannel petticoat has similar fastening at the waist with feather stitching at the hem. Her white cotton petticoat has a linen button at the waist, tucks and feather stitching at the hem.
Marks and inscriptions
On the base of the head: '[]007/R/A DEP//2/10/X'