Glazed china shoulder-head doll
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1850
Materials
Glazed china shoulder-head doll
Measurements
580mm (height)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659702
Summary
A glazed china shoulder-head doll with painted facial features and black painted and moulded hair. Stuffed cloth body and left arm, legs and feet. The right arm is stuffed kid leather. Both arms are covered in pink kid leather, the hands with separately stitched fingers are the same. The shoulder-head is tied to the body, via cotton laces threaded through holes in the shoulder-head, the laces are knotted around the waist. The legs have been stitched across the top at the hips to allow the doll to sit, and the knees are jointed. The toes have been stitched. Wearing a white cotton petticoat with four pin tucks and trimmed with lace.