Fairyland Doll Dressing

Physical description

1. cut out doll with its set of costumes still attached representing CINDERELLA; girl with brown hair wearing a white petticoat and red bodice; marked A on the front. The costumes are numbered A1 to A3 and consist of a white dress with red fur trimmed cloak, crown, yellow dress with roses, head band of roses and a ragged outfit with blue hat. The parts are attached together like a scrap.
2,3. cut out doll A; it is the same as (1).
4,5. costume marked A1 for Cinderella; white dress and red robe
6. crown; numbered A1 for Cinderella.
7,8. ragged costume numbered A2 for Cinderella
9. blue hat numbered A2 for Cinderella
10,11. yellow gown numbered A3 for Cinderella
12,13. headband of red roses numbered A3 for Cinderella
14. cutout doll representing a boy with brown hair wearing a white union suit, brown socks and shoes; marked on the chest B and designed for the story Dick Whittington.
15. 'Lord Mayor' costume; numbered B1; Dick Whittington
16. green suit; holding cat; numbered B2; Dick Whittington
17. green hat; numbered B2; Dick Whittington
18. sailor/pirate suit; holding cat; Dick Whittington
19. pirate headscarf; red; numbered B3; Dick Whittington
20,21. cut out doll representing a girl with blond hair wearing a white petticoat and socks with blue shoes; marked on chest C and designed for the story Red Riding Hood
22,23. blue and white checked dress and pinafore; holding doll; numbered C1; Red Riding Hood
24. white hat with blue bow; numbered C1; Red Riding Hood
25,26. dress covered with red cloak; numbered C2; Red Riding Hood 27,28. green dress; holding flowers; numbered C3; Red Riding Hood 29,30. flower head band numbered C3; Red Riding Hood
31-33. cut out doll representing a boy with brown hair wearing a white chemise and yellow turned up shoes; marked D on chest; Aladdin
34. part of a complete costume set for Aladdin; outfits numbered D2 and D3 and an example of each of the three hats.
35-37. outfit of pink and green numbered D1; Aladdin
38,39. hat of red and green; numbered D1; Aladdin
40,41. outfit of brown; holding apple; numbered D2; Aladdin
42,43. hat of purple and green; numbered D2; Aladdin
44,45. outfit of green and red holding lamp; numbered D3; Aladdin
46. hat of purple and red; numbered D3; Aladdin
47. box lid; card covered with blue paper; on the top is a printed label showing the title; and listing the contents
48. box base; card covered with blue paper and lined around the inner edge with paper lace; pencil scribbling on the bottom
49. note written by the donor about the collection of Fairyland Tales
magazines she had as a child.

Place of Origin

London, England (made)

Date

1920s (made)

Artist/maker

Birn Bros Ltd (makers)

Materials and Techniques

Lithographed thin card and paper

Dimensions

Height: 6 in, Width: 2.5 in, Depth: 0.375 in

Object history note

References: Series No. 375 lower left corner of cover; B.B. Ltd London lower right corner

belonged to Eileen Brock; born 1915; note states set was produced by the Publishers of Fairyland Tales; a magazine of children's stories; published by John Leng & Co Ltd; 186 Fleet St. EC4. Donor had the magazine from its first issue 1921 until 1923.

Descriptive line

Cut Out Doll; English; 1920s

Exhibition History

Magic Worlds (Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery 26/01/2013-14/04/2013)
Magic Worlds (Museums Sheffield, Weston Park 28/04/2012-06/01/2013)
Magic Worlds (Museum of Childhood 08/10/2011-04/03/2012)

Production Note

Made by: B.B. Ltd London
England

Collection code

MoC