Doll
- Object Name:
- Doll
- Object ID:
- 1993.045.05
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Date:
- 1890-1900
- Description:
- Doll. Bisque porcelain head, lower arms and hands, lower legs and shoes. Stuffed cotton cloth body, orange upper body, white lower body and legs. Head with molded hair parted in middle, tied back with bows and hanging in curls on either side of face, stamped "JAPAN" below hair on back of neck. Traces of blue paint on eyes and bows, yellow on hair, pink on lips and red on shoes. Legs or pantaloons trimmed with white cotton bobbin lace. White cotton petticoat held on with string, bottom half is eyelet lace. Dress of white cotton with small flowers of red, yellow, blue and green, puffed three-quarter length sleeves.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Textile
Cotton
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- W-2.5 L-9 D-1.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Belonged to the donor's grandmother Alice J. P. Merrill (1883-1968), who grew up in Franklin, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Jane L. Maynard Ward
- Subjects:
- Child rearing, Childhood & youth, Play (Recreation), Toys
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