Celluloid doll
De In[ja]
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1925
Materials
Celluloid doll, leather, textiles
Measurements
520 mm (height)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659637
Summary
An all celluloid boy baby doll with painted facial features and moulded and painted short brown hair. Jointed bent arms and jointed bent legs. Wearing a pale pink knitted long-sleeved dress, with blue ribbon at the neck and bodice. A cream cotton petticoat with lace at neck. Pink and white knitted knickers with a yellow ribbon tied around them at the waist. White leather shoes with ankle straps fastened with pink wool bows.
Marks and inscriptions
Top of back: N[]/ DE IN[JA]
Makers and roles
De In[ja] , maker