Bisque shoulder-head doll
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1900 - circa 1925
Materials
Bisque shoulders and head, stuffed kid leather body
Measurements
340 mm (height)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659579
Summary
A bisque shoulder-headed doll with moulded and painted facial features, moulded and painted blonde hair. Stuffed kid leather body, arms, hands with separately stitched fingers, legs and feet. The body may be slightly earlier than the rest of the doll. Wearing a red cotton dress with a deep lace collar and deep lace trim above hem. Blue ribbon at waist tied in a bow at back. White cotton petticoat with 3 pin tucks and broderie anglaise scalloped hem; white cotton inner petticoat; and white cotton pantaloons with 2 pin tucks and lace or crocheted trim.
Marks and inscriptions
Back of head: M3/ ENGLISH MAKE