Doll

Object Name:

Doll

Object ID:

1975.067.28.1

Description:

Articulated doll, porcelain. Six-piece. Joints for heads, arms, and legs somewhat loose. No hair and no costume. Hollow, porcelain head. Top of head open due to no hair. Molded face with rudimentary ears. Glass eyes, blue with dark pupils, attached together and held in place with plaster on inside of head. Wire over top of head that extends inside skull. Couple other features inside skull with unknown purpose. Painted eyebrows and eyelashes. Two, small red dots for nostrils. Painted, slightly-open lips with two or three teeth showing. Short neck that fits into socket on top of torso. Painted, porcelain arms, legs, and torso. Arms extend downward with slight bend at elbow. Molded fingers and molded thumb in small cluster at end of arms. More detail to fingers of left hand than right. Legs straight, but fit into sockets at bottom of torso on side. Molded shoes with heels on feet. Small sections of front of both feet broken off and missing. Two brown, molded-in straps across top of feet to hold each shoe. Painted in, dark brown, short socks. Painted-over ends of fastening cords on sides of legs and sides of arms at pivot joints. On back of figure, rounded curve to lumbar, and slightly and plain buttocks. Stub of something attached inside skull above eyes, unknown purpose.

Material:

Ceramic
Porcelain
Glass

Dimensions:

H-5 W-2 D-1 inches

Provenance:

A collection of objects from the Wilton, N.H. home of the donor's mother, Bertha Gage (Stone) Batchelder (1889-1977). The objects in the gift came from the home of Josephine H. Gage (1850-1919), the sister of the donor's grandmother's Eliza Jane (Gage) Stone (1859-1938).

Credit Line:

Gift of Maynard S. Batchelder

People:

Gage, Josephine H. (1850-1919), Batchelder, Bertha S. (1889-1977), Batchelder, Maynard S. (1914-2007)