Untinted bisque shoulder-head doll
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1850
Materials
Untinted bisque shoulder-head doll, metal, textiles
Measurements
345 mm (height)
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659682
Summary
An untinted bisque-headed doll with porcelain forearms, hands, lower legs and feet. Moulded porcelain fair hair and brown and gold lustre glazed headress and painted facial features. Porcelain torso with gold edged glazed collar and blue bow. Cloth body (stuffed) wearing original clothing, faded blue cotton skirt and cream muslin jacket with pintucks and lace collar and lace sleeve trimming, cream bodice and white cotton outer petticoat with embroiderie anglais, inner white cotton petticoat, cream flannel petticoat and cream cotton drawers with embroiderie anglais trim. brown and gold lustre glazed moulded headress c.1850