Porcelain shoulder-head doll
Category
Dolls
Date
Unknown
Materials
Porcelain shoulder-head doll, metal, textiles
Measurements
250 mm (height)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660944
Summary
A porcelain shoulder-headed doll with moulded and painted facial features and black wavy hair. Her body, upper arms and thighs are of cotton stuffed possibly with wood shavings, and her forearms and lower legs are of un-tinted bisque, her shoes being painted on in brown and glazed. She is wearing a purple dress, possibly silk, with a long, full skirt and a long-sleeved bodice. This fastens at the back with two small press-studs. Underneath she has a long full petticoat and drawers made from white crepe-de-chine, the drawers having deep frills at the knee, where each leg is decorated with a pink ribbon rosette. She has a long piece of narrow pink ribbon as a sash at her waist, tied in a bow at the back.
Marks and inscriptions
On the lower left leg: '[]P/ 6 (and a half)'