Pincushion
- Title:
- Girl Doll, Pin Cushion
- Object Name:
- Pincushion
- Object ID:
- 1999.040.153
- Description:
- Girl Doll/Pin Cushion. Porcelain body, textile clothing, with pins and needles inserted.
Porcelain doll mounted into muslin-covered cylinder, with skirt covering cylinder. Porcelain upper body is hand painted: blonde hair, blue eyes, red lips, pink cheeks. She is dressed in a lace bonnet, gold colored fabric scarf, red and gold fabric belt tied into a bow, and a print fabric skirt with lace underskirt. Skirt is a faded blue/green with red and white stripes and flowers, with a contrasting floral print band (blue, red, yellow, purple on white) and lace edging. Several straight pins and needles present. Also, pinned to skirt is a pin-button, "FOR THE / BOYS / OVER / THERE / UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN" (button: red, white, and blue, 0.75" diam. On back, "MANUFACTURED BY / THE AMERICAN ART WORKS / (union bug) / COSHOCTON / OHIO". - Material:
- Porcelain
Textile
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-4.25 Dia-4 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a collection of childhood toys of Annalee Davis, donated by her. Used in Concord, New Hampshire.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Annalee Davis Thorndike
- People:
- Thorndike, Annalee (1915-2002)
- Subjects:
- Dolls, Pincushion, Pins & needles, Girl
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