Not currently on display at the V&A

Baby Doll

1911 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Character baby doll with a bisque socket head, blue glass sleeping eyes, an open mouth with teeth showing, and a light brown mohair wig. The doll is dresed in long clothes and the composition body is bent limbed, both of which indicate that it represents a baby.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bisque, composition, glass, mohair
Brief description
Bisque-headed doll (mould 116) with light brown hair and blue eyes; made in Germany by Simon & Halbig and Kämmer & Reinhardt, 1911
Physical description
Character baby doll with a bisque socket head, blue glass sleeping eyes, an open mouth with teeth showing, and a light brown mohair wig. The doll is dresed in long clothes and the composition body is bent limbed, both of which indicate that it represents a baby.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15in
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
116
Translation
head mould number
Credit line
Given by Miss M Savage
Object history
Given by Miss M Savage
Production
Simon & Halbig made the head, mould number 116, to Kämmer & Reinhardt's specifications
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
MISC.57-1969

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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