Doll
- Object Name:
- Doll
- Object ID:
- 2006.014
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- circa 1830
- Description:
- Doll, c. 1830. Originally owned by Catherine Angeline Yeaton (1820-1900), Epsom, NH. Painted papier mache on wood body. Torso with attached movable jointed arms and legs. Painted face and hair. Hand-sewn white cotton lace dress with blue silk waist and arm bands. Brass earrings. Green painted shoes.
- Material:
- Wood
Papier-mache
Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- H-14.4 W-6 D-1.8 inches
- Provenance:
- The doll originally belonged to Catherine Angeline Yeaton (1820-1900), the fourth child of William and Elizabeth Ham Yeaton of Epsom, NH. In 1841, she married her cousin Warren Yeaton. The doll next passed to her granddaughter, also named Catherine Angeline Yeaton, who willed it to her sister, Mabel Yeaton Bailey, in 1969. Mabel gave it to her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bailey. The doll was donated to the N.H. Historical Society by Robert Bailey and his granddaughter, Kestyn Lucie Ritchotte.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Robert Bailey and Kestyn Lucie Ritchotte
- Subjects:
- Dolls
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