Glazed china-headed doll
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1860
Materials
Glazed china-headed doll, paper, textiles
Measurements
310mm (height)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659701
Summary
A glazed china-headed doll with painted facial features and blonde moulded and painted hair. Stuffed cloth body, upper arms and upper legs. Untinted bisque lower arms, hands, lower legs and feet. Wearing a striped cream and blue muslin all in one bodice and overskirt trimmed with lace at the neck and hem. A blue and black silk(?) crinoline style skirt. A cream cotton petticoat trimmed with broderie anglaise. A red wool petticoat. All of the above are held outwards by a cardboard cone fitted around the doll's waist. Her legs are inside the cone. Cream cotton drawers trimmed with lace. Feet painted black to imitate heeled boots. Stiff woven fabric hat trimmed with black and cream striped ribbon, faded purple velvet ribbon and artificial flowers.
Marks and inscriptions
Yellow cardboard label sewn to front of red petticoat: italics: Emily./ 1871.German c1860