Composition doll
Category
Dolls
Date
Unknown
Materials
Composition headed doll
Measurements
560 mm (height)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 669991
Summary
A doll with a composition head, body and limbs. She has moulded and has painted brown hair and opening and closing light brown eyes, and moulded and painted facial features. Her arms and legs are each in one piece, and pivot at shoulder and hip. She wears a pale pink rayon dress with smocking at the waist and a little embroidery on the front of the bodice, and a woven black and white 'CC41' utility label sewn on to the back of the neck. She also has a muslin petticoat, and white cotton knickers sewn on to the waist of the petticoat. She has white rayon socks which have worn into holes. There are holes caused by insect damage in her dress, and a break in the right side of her neck.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs G. Caswell in November 1987.