Plastic doll
Palitoy
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1972 - circa 1979
Materials
Plastic doll, nylon hair and fabric
Measurements
158 mm (height)
Place of origin
Hong Kong
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663521
Summary
A 1970s plastic 'Pippa' doll, with pale pink skin, long blonde hair, blue eyes with eyelashes still attacted, pale red lips, pink cheeks and painted brown eyebrows. The doll has four moving joints, which include its knees, waist, shoulders and head. The doll is wearing a plastic white boots, which have detailing, a pair of nylon purple trousers with an elastic waist band, a pale white mesh full sleeved top.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs Joyce Howard-Monks in 2010. Part of the contents of the ‘Hobbies’ doll’s house – inventory number 663517 - made by the donor’s father, Ronald Graham (b.1902), for his two grandchildren Lynn Pick (b.1964) and Dawn Lawton (b.1966).
Makers and roles
Palitoy , maker