Bisque shoulder-head doll
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1920
Materials
Bisque shoulder-head doll, textiles
Measurements
110 mm (height)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660950
Summary
A small bisque shoulder-head doll with, moulded white hair with two blue ribbons, painted blue eyes and painted facial features. The body, arms and upper legs are of cloth with bisque hands and lower legs, and feet with painted blue shoes. She is wearing a silk dress in blue, green and pink with vertical blue stripes and long puff sleeves. A pink silk torn sash is at the waist. Beneath this dress is a white cotton waist slip and white cotton lace edged pantaloons. Her upper legs are covered in red cotton material. The dress and sash are very torn and frayed. 'Germany' is embossed on the back of her neck.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs R. Drummond-Jackson in October 1979.