On View
Not on viewDoll
Date1770-1805
Terms
- Recreational Dolls
- Glass
- Gesso
- Cotton
- Canvas
- Linen
- Muslin
- Silk Fiber
- Wool Fiber
- Hair
- Wood
- England
Dimensions15.5 × 5.4 × 38 cm (6 1/8 × 2 1/8 × 14 15/16 in.)
MarkingsLabel originally on doll: "Mrs. Mary Beaton/ wife of/ John Beaton--1749."
Credit LineDoll, unknown maker, England, 1770-1805. Concord Museum Collection; Per1168.
Object numberPER1168
DescriptionDoll with glass eyes, and paster head with hand-painted mouth, cheeks, eyebrows, and dotted eyelashes. Doll has grey, possibly human hair sewn into a canvas cap. There are two pink silk bows in the doll's hair, and a pink ribbon around the waist. The hands are wooden with fork fingers. The dress is cream but may have originally been pink. The material is Indian cotton with an empire waist and a repeated embroidered pattern of diamond and "X" shapes. There are net and pink ribbon details along the neck, shoulders, and waist. Sleeves may be removable. There are three petticoats: 1 wool, 1 cotton, and 1 linen. Doll is wearing cream knit stockings, and shoes or slippers with dark laces.