Original box for doll
Category
Dolls
Date
c. 1980 - c. 1990
Materials
Cardboard box
Measurements
70 x 45 x 30 mm
Place of origin
Bologna
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672629.1
Summary
The original cardboard box for a ‘Carboncino’ miniature doll manufactured by Giocattoli Querzola. The rectangular shaped box has a colour image of the doll standing inside a large white letter ‘Q’, on a red, yellow, blue and black background on its front cover, with the word 'Carboncino' printed in white letters below. On both sides of the box there are colour images of five similar dolls and on the rear 'Giocattoli Querzola', the manufacturers name, is printed in black letters.
Provenance
Box for doll manufactured by Giocattoli Querzola. Purchased by the National Trust Museum of Childhood via ebay in September 2020 as part of the Collecting Cultures Exploring Childhoods project.