Plastic doll
Christeli
Category
Dolls
Date
Unknown
Materials
Plastic doll
Measurements
173 mm (height)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665745
Summary
A moulded plastic doll with open and shut eyes, and moulded and painted facial features. She has blonde, mohair hair in two plaits tied with red ribbon. She is wearing a long sleeved white linen blouse with white lace trim at the neck and cuffs. Over this is a blue man-made fabric pinafore and a man-made, shot, black and pink fabric apron. A silver coloured metal cross is sewn onto the top of her pinafore. She has a white canvas petticoat, moulded cream, plastic socks and moulded, black plastic shoes. On her head is a wide brimmed black wool hat with an embroidered red ribbon, and a woven ribbon around the white crown.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs Jane Henderson in 1987.
Marks and inscriptions
On the label sewn onto the skirt: 'Schweizer Heimarbeit/ Christeli'
Makers and roles
Christeli , maker