Bisque doll
Category
Dolls
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bisque doll, textiles
Measurements
93 mm (height)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660951
Summary
A bisque doll dressed as the fairy tale character, Red Riding Hood. The moulded face has inset blue-glass eyes, painted eyebrows and lips. The long, fair, artificial hair is parted in the middle and held in place with a blue band. The bisque body has moveable limbs, the arms and hands slightly curved, and the legs straight. The lower section of the legs are un-tinted bisque to appear to be white socks with a painted blue line at the top. She is wearing a red felt cloak edged and fastened with black tape and a black and white striped cotton apron over a red, green and blue tartan dress. The underwear is a pair of lace trimmed muslin drawers. She has black painted shoes.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs R. Drummond-Jackson in October 1979.