Peg wooden doll
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1830
Materials
Wooden doll
Measurements
400 mm (height)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664814
Summary
A joined wooden Grodnertal Dutch or peg wooden type doll with carved and painted facial features, painted upper body, arms, and lower legs, light brown eyes, and black hair with curls around the forehead. She has gold coloured metal drop earrings attached to her ears. She is wearing a high-waisted pink dress with a sash, a white cotton petticoat with pin tucks and a zigzag hem, a cream flannel petticoat and white cotton petticoat. On her feet are red painted shoes. She is wearing a top-hat style bonnet.