Wax shoulder-head doll
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1840
Materials
Wax shoulder-head doll, textiles
Measurements
410 mm (height)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659723
Summary
A wax shoulder-headed doll with inset blue glass eyes. Long blonde mohair hair. The face is badly cracked. Stuffed cloth body, upper arms, legs and feet. Brown kid leather lower arms and hands with individually stitched fingers. Wearing a cream cotton or linen long sleeved jacket, waistcoat, pantaloons and hat all trimmed with red woollen braid. Machine knitted cream socks and red woollen braid shoes.
Marks and inscriptions
Piece of paper tucked inside jacket: circa 1822/ -1850/ Brotherton/ [pound sign]5