Untinted bisque shoulder-head doll
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1880
Materials
Untinted bisque shoulder-head doll, textiles
Measurements
265 mm (height)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659609
Summary
An untinted bisque-headed boy doll in Scottish national costume. He has painted facial features and moulded and painted blond hair. He has a stuffed cloth body, upper arms and upper legs, bisque lower arms and hands, and untinted bisque lower legs and feet, painted black to resemble shoes. He is wearing a black velvet jacket and matching hat, tartan kilt and matching sash. The hat has a gold coloured metal thistle brooch holding the remnants of a feather. The mohair sporran is held in place with a silver coloured metal thistle brooch.
Marks and inscriptions
Label on sole of right foot: Rgd. No. 625877