Bisque shoulder-head doll
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1894
Materials
Bisque shoulder-headed doll, composition, wood, flannel, wool and mohair
Measurements
170 mm (width); 280 mm (height); 60 mm (depth)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663474
Summary
One of two dolls owned by sisters Edith and Selina. Selina died when ages only seven, and her doll was packed away whilst Edith continued to play with hers. ‘Edith's doll’. A bisque shoulder-head doll, with a stuffed cloth body and thighs, and composition arms and legs up to the knee. The right arm has been replaced with a wooden replica. The doll has brown inset fixed glass eyes and the face is painted with brown eyelashes and eyebrows and pink lips. The doll's hair is shoulder-length and blonde, possibly made of mohair. The doll is wearing white cotton pantaloons with lace edging around the calf, and a white cotton top with lace around the coller. Above this a white cotton underskirt with pin-tuck decoration and lace edging, and then a woollen cream and blue crocheted undergarment dress with a flounced edge. The outer dress is made of thin cream flannel with puffy elbow-length sleeves and a smocked front in a V shape. The doll is missing the bonnet, socks and shoes worn by ‘Selina's doll’.