Character doll
Mattel Inc.
Category
Dolls
Date
2001
Materials
Plastic doll dressed in textile materials
Measurements
305 mm (Height)
Place of origin
China
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672606.2
Summary
A plastic ‘Ken as Prince Stefan’ character doll from the ‘Barbie as Rapunzel’ series manufactured by Mattel Inc. The male doll is brown with short dark hair. He is dressed in a knight’s costume with a blue tunic with cream and gold braid decoration on the front and gold braid decoration on the sleeves and cream coloured trousers tucked into gold boots. Around the waist of the tunic is a gold plastic belt. At the time of cataloguing (October 2023), the doll has never been removed from its original cardboard box packaging.
Provenance
Doll manufactured by Mattel Inc in 2001. Purchased by the National Trust Museum of Childhood via ebay in September 2020 as part of the Collecting Cultures Exploring Childhoods project.
Makers and roles
Mattel Inc. , manufacturer