Doll's accessory
Palitoy
Category
Dolls' accessories
Date
1960 - 1969
Materials
Plastic, metal and paper
Measurements
Hair Curlers – 39 mm (length); 8 mm (width), Hair Slide -26 mm (length), Instruction Book – 102 mm (height); 99 mm (width), Key - 25 mm (width); 19 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663470
Summary
A set of 1960s beauty accessories and accompanying booklet for a ‘Tressy’ doll. These comprise seven plastic hair curlers, four pink in colour and three green. Also one small metal 'kirby grip' type hair slide. Accompanying these is a small colour instruction book entitled 'Tressy's BEAUTY BOOK'. In addition, there is an orange plastic 'key' that allows the doll's (related record 663467) hair to 'grow'. The key has the word 'palitoy' embossed on each side. Total number of items is ten.
Marks and inscriptions
On either side of plastic key: palitoy
Makers and roles
Palitoy , maker