Bisque-headed doll
Schoenau and Hoffmeister (fl.1901-1953)
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1901 - circa 1925
Materials
Bisque-headed doll, wood, glass, paper, textiles
Measurements
670 mm (height)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659739
Summary
A painted bisque-headed doll manufactured by Schoenau and Hoffmeister. Open and shut blue glass eyes, open mouth with teeth, brown mohair wig, and brown real hair upper eyelashes. Composition body, jointed wooden arms and hands. Jointed wooden legs and feet. Wearing a pale yellow muslin dress and matching jacket both decorated with embroidered yellow flowers. Yellow ribbon tied in bows at front of waist. Pale yellow muslin petticoat/ underskirt and pantaloons. White paper shoes with oval metal buckles and yellow cardboard soles.
Marks and inscriptions
Back of head: S PB H// 1909-2/o x// Germany
Makers and roles
Schoenau and Hoffmeister (fl.1901-1953), maker