Doll

Object Name:

Doll

Object ID:

1969.026.51

Description:

Baby doll with dress. Synthetic and textile. Body and head one piece. Right and left arms and legs. Caucasian, flesh-colored surface with surface dirt. Rounded head, slightly exaggerated in its shape. Molded ears. Rounded cheeks, small, rounded nose, and slightly-rounded chin. Large diameter neck. Plump body. Painted orange rough crude stripe on top of head above ears giving suggestions of hair. One stripe also on back of head at top of neck. Slight eyebrows. White eyes with gray and white irises. Small white dot in center. Eyes looking to left. Small, red stripe for mouth. Might be two tiny holes for nostrils. Cracks extending from ears down to hips on sides of body. Cracks as if something shrunk, cracking along some kind of internal seam. Arms attached with strings that run through body. Crude little hands with fingers and thumbs in a rounded shape. Hands appropriate for their location. Two beveled plains on sides, at bottom of body where legs loosely attached. Beveled plains at top of legs to match body. String passing through legs, tied on outside, somewhat loose. Legs extend down to feet with crudely-modeled toes. Surface dirt on legs. Oversized, long dress. Very long dress, gathered at top. White with fine, pink stripes. Gathered at bodice. White blouse sewn to top of dress with small perforated, floral decorations in it. Narrow lace collar at top. Relatively short sleeves with striped material. Lace at cuffs. Slight decorative band near cuff. Slot extending downward on skirt, not more than halfway to end on back. Skirt attached to top with hook and eye. White blouse with single, Mother-of-Pearl button.

Material:

Textile
Composition
Mother-of-Pearl

Dimensions:

H-16.3 W-8 D-2.3 inches

Provenance:

A collection of Flanders and Tuttle family objects donated from the estate of Stella Tuttle Thompson (1875-1968) of Andover, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of the Estate of Stella Tuttle Thompson

People:

Thompson, Stella T. (1875-1968)