Untinted bisque shoulder-head doll
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1875
Materials
Untinted bisque shoulder-head doll, wood, textiles
Measurements
193 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659607
Summary
An untinted bisque headed doll with moulded and painted facial features and painted facial details. Her hair is moulded and painted blonde. She has a stuffed cloth body. Her lower arms and hands are untinted bisque. Her upper arms and upper legs are made from stuffed cloth. Her lower legs are intinted bisque with purple lustre-ware glazed shoes, which have moulded heels. She is wearing a brown cotton overdress which has a printed floral design. It has lace around the cuffs and neck and she has a pink ribbon around her waist, which ties to a large bow around the back. The bow is very frayed. On the front of her dress are two stitched pockets. She is wearing a blue fabric dress or skirt. She has a cardboard hat covered in net with a circle of lace and a pink bow on the top. She has a black leather bag attached to her overdress, which has five loops of silver coloured beads on the bottom of it. The doll is attached to a wooden stand, the base of which is round and covered in black fabric.