Lot Essay
It is probable that this doll was dressed from a design published in Peterson's Ladies Magazine of 1865. See Dolls by Antonia Fraser, page 93.
Details
An early bisque shoulder-headed doll
with painted features, moulded blonde hair in snood with pink lustre tassel and white feather, the stuffed body with bisque limbs and flat black shoes dressed as a sewing aid with scissors, thimbs, needles and pins - 7½.in. 19cm. high, under glass dome
See Illustration
with painted features, moulded blonde hair in snood with pink lustre tassel and white feather, the stuffed body with bisque limbs and flat black shoes dressed as a sewing aid with scissors, thimbs, needles and pins - 7½.in. 19cm. high, under glass dome
See Illustration