Bisque-headed doorstop doll
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1900
Materials
Bisque-headed doll
Measurements
325 mm (height)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664854
Summary
A bisque-headed and upper torso, maid doll. She has blue glass open and close eyes, painted facial features, an open mouth with teeth and red-brown mohair hair. She has painted wooden forearms and a stuffed cloth body. She is wearing a maid's costume, a black silk bodice with a cream lace collar, cuffs, hair-piece and apron. The black velvet skirt has a hole in it. The doll is weighted internally to act as a doorstop.
Marks and inscriptions
Back of the neck: 'Germany'