Fabric doll
Norah Wellings (1893 - 1975)
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1935
Materials
Fabric doll
Measurements
202 mm (height)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665396
Summary
A sailor doll manufactured by Norah Wellings. The doll is moulded with a fine knitted fabric face and painted eyes, eyelashes, eyebrows, nostrils and mouth. The back of the head is in a different fabric. The doll is wearing a faded blue velvet uniform and has black velvet feet. There is a pale blue fabric collar around the doll's neck ending at the front in a black ribbon. There is a twisted string for, possibly a missing whistle, which is threaded underneath the front of the collar and knotted. He is wearing a flat white cap with a blue band with yellow lettering reading 'M.V.Devonshire' along it. A blue ribbon is attached to the left hand side of the blue band of the cap. The fingers are defined by stitching.
Marks and inscriptions
Around the blue band of the cap: 'M.V.DEVONSHIRE' A label on the left foot: 'MADE IN ENGLAND/ BY/ NORAH WELLINGS'
Makers and roles
Norah Wellings (1893 - 1975), maker