Recreational Dolls

DateEarly 1900s

Terms

Recreational Dolls
Ceramic
Cotton
Fabric
Lace
Satin
Ribbon

Dimensions27.92 × 7.61 × 5.08 cm (11 × 3 × 2 in.)

MarkingsMarked at base of breastplate: "1000 0".

Credit LineGift of Miss Mildred Sawyer

Object numberPER2060.0001

DescriptionLate china doll with blonde molded hair and brushmarked bangs. Curls around face and in back of head. Blue eyes and brown eyebrows. Two sew holes at front and back of breastplate, however, head is not sewn on to cloth-stuffed body. China arms with cupped hands; bulbous china leg (right leg missing) with black painted, heeled boots and blue garter painted just below knee. White cotton top and skirt sprigged with pink roses. Full top with wide ruffle at neck and cuffs; shirt fitted at waist with two rows of ruffles at hem. Wide pink satin ribbon tied around waist; narrower ribbon tied at cuffs. Lace-edged bonnet of same fabric as dress and tied with same pink ribbon. White cotton shift with lace around armholes and white cotton drawers with lace at hem. White cotton petticoat also edged with lace.

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