Wax shoulder-head doll
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1820
Materials
Wax shoulder-head doll
Measurements
26 mm (height)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659841
Summary
A beeswax shoulder-head doll, with moulded and painted facial features and brown painted hair. A stuffed fabric body and legs, jointed wax arms, wax hands, green wax shoes. A cream muslin dress trimmed at the neck and hem with pink ribbon and a broad ribbon sash tied at the back. Two petticoats, one cream muslin and one white cotton and cream muslin pantaloons.