Wax shoulder-head doll
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1875
Materials
Wax shoulder-headed doll, textiles
Measurements
280 mm (height)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659641
Summary
A wax shoulder-headed fairy doll with moulded and painted facial features and blonde mohair wig. Stuffed cloth body, upper arms and upper legs. Wax lower arms, hands and lower legs and feet. Wearing a white cotton short sleeved dress covered entirely with net. Two net wings supported by pipe cleaners protrude from either side of her back. There is a cream ribbon at her waist and star shaped sequins sewn onto her bodice. White cotton camisole and drawers. Gold coloured bead necklace.
Marks and inscriptions
Back of head: PIEROTTI