Bisque-headed doll
Armand Marseille Dolls (fl.1885-1950s)
Category
Dolls
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bisque-headed baby doll
Measurements
250 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671992
Summary
A black, bisque-headed baby doll with a composition body, open and close eyes and painted facial features. She is wearing a knitted wool cardigan (with matching bonnet), under which is a red cotton sateen dress and drawers.
Provenance
One of two dolls given to the NT in 1991 by Miss Ada Winifred Leaver via Mrs Oliver Perks, both of Wrington, Bristol. Offered for transfer to another NT property during Overbeck's Collection Review and transferred to Sudbury Hall in 2018.
Marks and inscriptions
Impressed on the back of the head: ref 341/O.K.
Makers and roles
Armand Marseille Dolls (fl.1885-1950s), maker