Details
A rare-bodied fashionable doll with original wardrobe,
bisque swivel head, closed mouth, fixed deep blue eyes with white striations, ears pierced into the head and jointed kid over wood body with lower arms of bisque and lower legs of painted gutta-percha - 17½ in. 44cm. high in re-covered original box labelled a la Petite Amazone MAISON DELCRO Boul t. des Italiens Paris (hairline across chin)
The Clothes
A silk and wool plaid day dress with wide black velvet sleeves
A green and black silk gauze frock with peplum
A red wool coat with yoke and braid frogging
A home-made black wool dress edged with lace and with black velvet sash A paisley shawl
A home-made lace cape
A cotton petticoat with tucks and broderie anglaise
Two pairs of white cotton drawers
The Accessories
A pair of cream kid button boots
A pair of cotton stockings
An Algerian knitting simulated ermine muff
An astrakhan muff with green spotted ribbons
A purple silk parasol with brass shaft and bone handle (ferule missing) A rare coloured feather duster with finely turned ivory handle
A pink shaped cotton brisé fan with pierced bone sticks and maribou edge
A pair of lorgnettes in original case
A skipping rope with wooden handles
A sraw portmanteau with red leather bands and handle
Binoculars with Stanhopes of The Paris Exhibition of 1867 and a photograph of European Royalty
A spyglass containing a Stanhope of a photograph entitled Dante and Beatrice
A watch on a chain with three pearl beads
A bone cross
A gilt metal clasp set with a pearl bead
Two pearl bead bracelets
Miniature playing cards
buttons
A red braid snood
A coral velvet rosette
See Colour Plate 10 and Illustration
bisque swivel head, closed mouth, fixed deep blue eyes with white striations, ears pierced into the head and jointed kid over wood body with lower arms of bisque and lower legs of painted gutta-percha - 17½ in. 44cm. high in re-covered original box labelled a la Petite Amazone MAISON DELCRO Boul t. des Italiens Paris (hairline across chin)
The Clothes
A silk and wool plaid day dress with wide black velvet sleeves
A green and black silk gauze frock with peplum
A red wool coat with yoke and braid frogging
A home-made black wool dress edged with lace and with black velvet sash A paisley shawl
A home-made lace cape
A cotton petticoat with tucks and broderie anglaise
Two pairs of white cotton drawers
The Accessories
A pair of cream kid button boots
A pair of cotton stockings
An Algerian knitting simulated ermine muff
An astrakhan muff with green spotted ribbons
A purple silk parasol with brass shaft and bone handle (ferule missing) A rare coloured feather duster with finely turned ivory handle
A pink shaped cotton brisé fan with pierced bone sticks and maribou edge
A pair of lorgnettes in original case
A skipping rope with wooden handles
A sraw portmanteau with red leather bands and handle
Binoculars with Stanhopes of The Paris Exhibition of 1867 and a photograph of European Royalty
A spyglass containing a Stanhope of a photograph entitled Dante and Beatrice
A watch on a chain with three pearl beads
A bone cross
A gilt metal clasp set with a pearl bead
Two pearl bead bracelets
Miniature playing cards
buttons
A red braid snood
A coral velvet rosette
See Colour Plate 10 and Illustration
Provenance
This doll was bought at the Paris Exhibtion of 1867 by Charles-Joseph Pipart of Menin, near Lille, and given to Miss Ellen Richardson, who later brought it back to Halifax. His photograph and death announcement are included in the lot.