Doll's swing
Category
Dolls' accessories
Date
Unknown
Materials
Untinted Bisque dolls and wooden swing
Measurements
53 mm (height of dolls when seated); 225 mm (height of T shaped post)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659765
Summary
A turned wooden 'T' shaped post supported on a circular base. On the underside of each arm of the 'T' are a pair of metal hooks. Suspended from these is a pair of wooden swings on strings. Each swing has a square seat, and the four sides are made up of wooden rods, separated by black beads, laid on top of one another in an openwork arrangement. There are also two doll's house size untinted bisque dolls. Each has moulded and painted blonde hair, and moulded and painted facial features. One wears a pink painted untinted bisque outfit and hat, the other a white untinted bisque outfit with blue shoes and buttons. Holes are drilled through their hands and through the moulded seat. The moulded seat and the doll are one. The dolls with their drilled holes do not appear to have been originally designed for this pair of swings, as there is no means by which the string could pass through the holes. Total number of items is five