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DELFINA®

Swimming Doll
©1978 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
TC Sebino Forma (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Italy (manufactured)

card box printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and illustrations of the toy
contains a vinyl swimming doll, with internal wind up mechanism (knob in back), painted facial features with blue eyes; wearing a red nylon swim suit
the top of the head is moulded and painted to represent a green swim cap


Object details

Object type
Swimming doll
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Box
  • Doll
TitleDELFINA® (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
card, vinyl, nylon fabric
Card
Vinyl
Nylon
Printed
Moulded
Brief description
DELFINA, TC Sebino Forma, Italy, 1978

DELFINA, TC Sebino Forma, Italy, 1978
Physical description
card box printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and illustrations of the toy
contains a vinyl swimming doll, with internal wind up mechanism (knob in back), painted facial features with blue eyes; wearing a red nylon swim suit
the top of the head is moulded and painted to represent a green swim cap
Dimensions
  • Doll height: 12½in
  • Box length: 13in
  • Width: 4in
  • Depth: 2½in
Production typemass produced
Marks and inscriptions
TC TECNOGIA CATTOLI
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history
When wound up, the arms do a back stroke.
It was also produced with a blue swim suit and red cap.
Historical context
Denys Fisher also produced a similar doll, Swimming Sue; the box for this doll was kept in the paper records as the doll was very mutilated with testing.
Production
Reason For Production: retail
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.1910:1-1999

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Record createdMay 17, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O39694/delfina-swimming-doll-tc-sebino-forma/
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