Pullalong toy
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1910
Materials
Bisque-headed doll and papier-mâché bull, wood, glass, metal, textiles
Measurements
330mm (length): 133mm (width): 315mm (height)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659699
Summary
A pull-along toy, amde in Germany, of two dolls and a bull standing on a wooden base attached to four metal wheels. The smaller boy doll has a bisque head, blue glass eyes, short brown hair wig and painted facial details. He is wearing a red flannel top and trousers and blue painted boots. He is seated on (and attached to) a brown and grey (originally white (?)) bull with painted eyes and nose and carved wooden(?) horns. The bull is made of papier mache. A bisque headed male doll with blue glass eyes, short brown hair wig, open mouth and painted facial details stands in front of the bull. The male doll is wearing a black flannel tail coat, red bow-tie, white and brown check coloured trousers and black painted shoes, and is possibly meant to represent Charlie Chaplin. He holds a painted, cane walking stick in his right hand. The base is painted red with a floral paper centre panel. A pink satin ribbon is attached to the front of the base. When the toy is pulled along the bull moves up and down and the man moves his right arm up and down.
Marks and inscriptions
Base: MA'Pts Base: MA'Pts Back of large doll's head: anchor shaped with letters in the curves: L C / 11 / [C] Base: MA'Pts Back of large doll's head: anchor shaped with letters in the curves: L C / 11 / [C] Back of small doll's head: anchor shape