Bisque-headed doll
Simon and Halbig (fl.1839-1943)
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1909
Materials
Bisque-headed doll
Measurements
620 mm (height)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 668921
Summary
A doll with a bisque head, made by Simon and Halbig, and composition body and limbs. She has fair artificial hair, sleeping eyes and moulded and painted facial features. Her right eyelashes and left index finger are missing. She wears a blue and beige knitted bodice and shirt, a white cotton petticoat with lace trim at the neck and a broderie anglaise hem, and white cotton knickers with lace trim. She has blue and beige knitted mittens, socks and slippers.
Marks and inscriptions
On the back of the head: 'S PB[in a star]H/ 1909 - 6[half] Germany'
Makers and roles
Simon and Halbig (fl.1839-1943), maker