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Doll

Collection Type

  • Toys and games

Date

1825-1849

GUSN

GUSN-7763

Description

Pink lustre china head and shoulder plate, attached to cloth body. Painted facial features. Modelled sausage curls painted black; blue eyes. Wearing white leather gloves, white stockings, hightop black leather boots with white glass buttons, painted cotton dress, cotton diaper and pantaloons with lace border.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dolls
cotton (textile)
leather
painting (coating)
porcelain
stuffing (upholstering technique)
Doll
Porcelain
Cotton
Leather
Painted
Stuffed
Doll

Associated Building

Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

21 x 15 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.805

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