Bisque-headed doll
Armand Marseille Dolls (fl.1885-1950s)
Category
Dolls
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bisque-headed doll.
Measurements
500 mm (height)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660980
Summary
A bisque-headed baby doll with moulded features which are painted. The doll has brown glass open and close eyes, her lips are parted revealing two lower teeth, and her hair is painted. The body and limbs are made of composition. Her arms are jointed at the shoulders and the legs at the hips. She is wearing a long white cotton robe with long sleeves, closing at the neck with tape running in casing and down the back with buttons. There is a broderie anglaise band at the waist. Beneath this is a knitted pink vest and knitted pink pants which have elastic at the waist. She has a piece of pink ribbon and a bell round her neck.
Marks and inscriptions
Back of the neck: 'AM/ Germany/ 351.6K'
Makers and roles
Armand Marseille Dolls (fl.1885-1950s), maker