Plastic doll
Roddy
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1955
Materials
Plastic doll.
Measurements
305 mm (height)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 662524
Summary
A plastic 'Roddy' doll with moulded and painted facial features (circa 1955). She has inset blue glass eyes that open and close, moulded hair, and a plastic body and limbs with moulded fingers and flesh coloured shoes. She is jointed at the neck, shoulders and hips. When her legs are made to 'walk', her head turns from side to side. She is wearing a blue, hand knitted, woollen outfit. There is a blue, long sleeved jacket with three mother of pearl buttons, and a round necked, short sleeved dress with a white bodice and blue gathered skirt which fastens down the back with three buttons. Underneath is a white sleeveless vest and white knickers. She has a blue beret and blue and white bootees.
Marks and inscriptions
Back of the neck: 'RODDY / MADE IN ENGLAND'
Makers and roles
Roddy , maker