Wax shoulder-head doll
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1840
Materials
Wax shoulder-head doll, textiles
Measurements
290 mm (height)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659712
Summary
An early beeswax wax-headed doll with moulded facial features. Tiny black bead eyes. Painted red lips. Stuffed cloth body. The lower half of her right arm is missing. Her left arm and hands are blue kid leather with separately stitched fingers. Stuffed cloth legs and feet. Wearing a dirty cream long sleeved cotton dress decorated with cream stitched flowers. Brown cloak lined with yellow satin or silk tied at the neck with a brown ribbon. The cloak has moth holes or is badly worn. Brown-green velvet collar. Two cream cotton petticoats, cream cotton pantaloons. Cream satin boots, badly worn. Wearing a very dirty muslin bonnet with cream and beige ribbons.