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BABY ALIVE®

Feeding and Wetting Baby Doll
©1976 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Palitoy Company Ltd (manufacturer)
Place of origin
England (manufactured)

card box printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and photgraphs of the doll and a girl; plain brown card lining
contains an vinyl baby doll with drinking and eating mechanism, open mouth with large hole in bottom, painted facial features, blue eyes, rooted blond saran hair, bent limb body
battery operated
wearing a link gingham dress and white plastic diapers


Object details

Object type
Feeding and wetting baby doll
Parts
This object consists of 5 parts.

  • Box
  • Box Lining
  • Doll
  • Dress
  • Diaper
TitleBABY ALIVE® (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
card, vinyl, fabric
Card
Vinyl
Printed
Moulded
Brief description
Baby Alive, Palitoy, England, 1976
Physical description
card box printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and photgraphs of the doll and a girl; plain brown card lining
contains an vinyl baby doll with drinking and eating mechanism, open mouth with large hole in bottom, painted facial features, blue eyes, rooted blond saran hair, bent limb body
battery operated
wearing a link gingham dress and white plastic diapers
Dimensions
  • Doll height: 16in
  • Box height: 19in
  • Width: 9½in
  • Depth: 6in
Production typemass produced
Copy number
Cat. No. 32316
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history
Only the doll is in the box, it would originally be sold with feeding equipment and the sachets of powder to make the 'doll food'.
Production
some components imported from USA

Reason For Production: retail
Associated objects
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.1853:1-1999

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Record createdMay 29, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O39962/baby-alive-feeding-and-wetting-palitoy-company-ltd/
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