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Not currently on display at the V&A

Pedlar Doll

1835-1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Doll with bazaar stall. The doll has a painted composition head, with a human hair wig, on a 'peg wooden' body. She is dressed in silk and net.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Wood, composition, human hair; silk, net
Brief description
Composition head on wooden body, with bazaar stall; English/ German doll, 1840
Physical description
Doll with bazaar stall. The doll has a painted composition head, with a human hair wig, on a 'peg wooden' body. She is dressed in silk and net.
Credit line
Given by Miss S J Mountain on behalf of the late Miss E Scott Symonds
Object history
Given by Miss S J Mountain on behalf of the late Miss E Scott Symonds.
Production
The doll was made in Germany in about 1835; the completed object was assembled in England a few years later
Collection
Accession number
MISC.12-1958

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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