Untinted bisque shoulder-head doll
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1880
Materials
Untinted bisque shoulder-head doll, metal, textiles
Measurements
240 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659608
Summary
An untinted bisque headed boy doll with moulded and painted facial features and moulded and painted blonde hair. He has untinted bisque lower arms and hands, lower legs and feet painted black to resemble traditional Scottish shoes. He has a stuffed calico body, upper arms and lower legs. He is wearing a black velvet long sleeved top and matching hat with a piece of green ribbon held in place with a metal, thistle-shaped brooch. He is also wearing a woollen Stewart (posibly) red and green tartan kilt and a cream mohair sporran with a metal thistle 'brooch' above. There is matching tartan around each knee and forming a sash across one shoulder.