Composition-headed doll
Category
Dolls
Date
1838
Materials
Composition-headed doll
Measurements
170 mm (height)
Place of origin
Turkey
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665113
Summary
A doll's house size doll with a composition head, shoulders and limbs and a cloth body. The doll has painted facial features and moulded and painted hair. The doll is wearing a red cap with a cream wool tassel, a blue jacket decorated with white braid, red breeches decorated with white braid and painted yellow and black boots. A circular metal eye protrudes from the doll’s head. The doll is reputed to have come from Blenheim Palace.