Doll

Object Name:

Doll

Object ID:

2017.014.079

Date:

circa 1885

Description:

Doll. Legless porcelain doll wearing red knitted wool top and red and black plaid woven wool skirt. Face is painted, hair is gone. With note and letter. Note reads, "I was the 'little girl' / in this letter. 'Jim / Carl' the man - worked / for papa. Daisy the / doll what is left / of her- writer of letter / ?? Henry S?? / papas nieces husband / from the West- / visited us when / I was 2 yrs. old-".

Material:

Porcelain
Wool

Dimensions:

H-7 W-2.5 D-1.2 inches

Provenance:

Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.

The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors.

Credit Line:

Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley

People:

Stone, Ethel Cilley (1884-1981)

Subjects:

Toys