Glazed china-headed doll
Category
Dolls
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ceramic doll
Measurements
110 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 668131
Summary
A doll with a ceramic head and moulded and painted facial features. She has ceramic arms and legs jointed at shoulders and hips. She wears a tall conical black felt hat without a brim, with a red cord sewn up the front and down the back, and a red lining. She has a white leather jacket with long sleeves, a long black skirt with bands of red, gold and green stitching across the front, and dark pink knitted trousers. Over her right arm she has a wooden trug basket containing a ball of red wool, and she holds an unfinished knitted garment.