Face flannel
Category
Childcare objects
Date
circa 1979
Materials
Wool
Measurements
160 mm (length); 70 mm (width)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 667897
Summary
A novelty child's flannel in the shape of a doll (circa 1979). The doll is made of a white woollen material with three black headed pins for eyes and nose. The doll is edged in red thread and has two short folded arms and two folded legs as part of its body. Around its neck is a red ribbon tied into a bow. Pinned to its body is a piece of paper with the following writing in handwritten black ink; 'Untie my bow, Extract my eyes, If you would have, A great surprise, No pretty plaything, Then you'll see, And useful morn and, Night I'll be'.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs R. Drummond-Jackson in October 1979.
Marks and inscriptions
On the paper label pinned to the doll: 'Untie my bow / Extract my eyes / If you would have / A great surprise / No pretty plaything / Then you'll see / And useful morn and / Night I'll be'