Bisque-headed doll
John Bing Company
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1910
Materials
Bisque-headed doll, textiles
Measurements
430 mm (height)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659671
Summary
A bisque-headed baby doll with open and shut grey-blue eyes, open mouth with two teeth, light brown mohair wig, and real hair upper eyelashes. Composition body, jointed arms, hands, jointed bent legs and feet. Separately moulded fingers and thumbs. One finger on the right hand is partially missing. Wearing a blue woolen knitted baby's dress with a drawstring threaded through the bodice, ending in two pom-poms. Matching knitted knickers, bootees and hat with pom-pom. White silk petticoat.
Marks and inscriptions
Back of head: overlapping S and O: illegible / Germany/ 8
Makers and roles
John Bing Company, maker