Doll
1908 (made)
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(Based on the original 1967 register entry): Doll with wax head and limbs on a cloth body. The head has glass eyes with blue irises, a painted mouth and eyebrows, and a wig of light brown mohair.
[The doll was] called Robert [by his owner]. He is wearing a baby's first vest made of lawn trimmed with lace; a flannel [barracoat] (full length); a full length lawn dress with broderie anglaise bodice and hem trimmed with lace and blue ribbons, labelled "Hamley's London"; cape made of fine wool backed with cotton and trimmed with lace; and a bonnet of white broderie anglaise trimmed with lace and blue ribbons.
[The doll was] called Robert [by his owner]. He is wearing a baby's first vest made of lawn trimmed with lace; a flannel [barracoat] (full length); a full length lawn dress with broderie anglaise bodice and hem trimmed with lace and blue ribbons, labelled "Hamley's London"; cape made of fine wool backed with cotton and trimmed with lace; and a bonnet of white broderie anglaise trimmed with lace and blue ribbons.
Object details
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| Brief description | Wax-headed doll called 'Robert' dressed as a baby in long clothes; made in England, probably by Pierotti, 1908 |
| Physical description | (Based on the original 1967 register entry): Doll with wax head and limbs on a cloth body. The head has glass eyes with blue irises, a painted mouth and eyebrows, and a wig of light brown mohair. [The doll was] called Robert [by his owner]. He is wearing a baby's first vest made of lawn trimmed with lace; a flannel [barracoat] (full length); a full length lawn dress with broderie anglaise bodice and hem trimmed with lace and blue ribbons, labelled "Hamley's London"; cape made of fine wool backed with cotton and trimmed with lace; and a bonnet of white broderie anglaise trimmed with lace and blue ribbons. |
| Dimensions | (original 1967 register entry): Fifteen inches in length |
| Credit line | Given by Miss J Treble |
| Object history | Given by Miss J Treble (RF 66/3654), and bought for her from Hamley's toyshop in Regent Street, London in 1908 |
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| Accession number | MISC.4-1967 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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