Bisque shoulder-head doll
Category
Dolls
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bisque-headed doll, cotton and wool
Measurements
260 mm (height)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660942
Summary
A bisque shoulder-head doll with moulded and painted fair hair and facial features. The body and upper arms and legs are of stuffed fabric, and the forearms and lower legs and feet are bisque. The right forearm is attached only by a thread. The right foot is broken off and missing. The legs have been tied together with fabric tape to keep them together. She wears a pinafore trimmed with lace at the collar and front of bodice, a white cotton petticoat, and a blue wool petticoat with a scalloped edge. Her shoe is painted black. She came with an associated object; a cream embroidered bag listed as record number 668336.