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Doll
1850-1860
Description
A doll with a cream colored face on papier mache head with black hair. Open mouth, hands made from kid, glass eyes and pointed shoeless cotton feet. Dressed in a printed pink striped cotton dress (2002.0017.042) and cotton pantalettes (2002.0017.041) Owned by family in Buck's County, PA or New Castle Co., DE. See also, Eisenbarth, Erin, "Plain and Peculiar: A Case Study in Nineteenth-Century Quaker Clothing," UD/Winterthur Thesis, 2002.
Category
Toys and Games
Materials
- Cotton
- Glass
- Leather (kid)
- Papier-mache
- Paint
Museum Object Number
2002.0017.040
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry and Mia Albertson's Family
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Complete Details
Object Number
2002.0017.040
Object Name
Doll
Category
Toys and Games
Date
1850-1860
Materials
- Cotton
- Glass
- Leather (kid)
- Papier-mache
- Paint
Dimensions (inches)
9.055 (H) x 7.874 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
23 (H) x 20 (W)