Fabric doll
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1870
Materials
Cotton, wool, felt, velvet and leather
Measurements
280 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664311
Summary
A Humpty Dumpty Doll made in a variety of fabrics. He has a dark red tweed lower half of the body containing a heavy ball, which enables him to sit up and fall off the edge of a horizontal surface. He has dark red felt legs, and brown leather shoes. His face is hand-drawn in black ink onto dirty cream cotton or linen. He wears a black velvet jacket edged with blanket stitch, over a cream linen or cotton stiffened shirt. The jacket fastens with pink ties. On top of his head is a brown wool half-egg shaped hat with a red trim and a red bow. He has brown leather hands with separate fingers.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mr G A Hickman in 1979.