Glazed china-headed doll
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1900 - circa 1920
Materials
Glazed china-headed doll, textiles
Measurements
168 mm (min height); 179 mm ( max height)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659685
Summary
7 identical glazed china-headed dolls. Each has a glazed china shoulder-head with painted facial features and black painted and moulded hair. Three have cream, and four have pink stuffed calico bodies, upper arms and upper legs. Untinted bisque lower arms, hands, lower legs and feet painted brown to suggest heeled boots. The shoulder-heads are glued to the stuffed calico torsos. The bodies are stitched across the hips to enable the dolls to sit. The lower arms and lower legs have been glued to their stuffed calico upper halves. The knees are stitched together, preventing their legs from 'walking'. Total number of items is seven
Marks and inscriptions
Back of shoulder-head: 9/ Germany