Character doll
Category
Dolls
Date
c. 2010
Materials
Plastic doll in textile clothes
Measurements
280 x 80 mm
Place of origin
China
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672684.4.1
Summary
A plastic character doll by the Vivid Toy Group of the JLS band member Aston Merrygold. The doll comes dressed in a pale blue, yellow and white textile checked shirt, cotton blue trousers with a brown belt and dark brown boots. There is a piece of blue textile material around the left wrist. JLS were formed in 2007 and rose to prominence when they were runners up on the ITV talent show The X Factor in 2008. They disbanded in 2013 but reformed in 2020.
Provenance
Plastic doll manufactured by The Vivid Toy Group circa 2010. Purchased by the National Trust Museum of Childhood via ebay on 2nd September 2020 as part of the Collecting Cultures Exploring Childhoods project.