Queen Victoria
Portrait Doll
ca. 1840 (made)
ca. 1840 (made)
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| Place of origin |
poured wax shoulder head with stuffed cloth body, blue glass eyes and a brown human hair wig
body is supported by leather and wood adapted to form a stand
dress front only of white silk, covered with net and metal sequins and beads
petticoat of stiffened white cotton with lace trim
robe of dark blue velvet lined with stiffened white cotton and trimmed with gold thread, sequins and fur
girdle of gold thread
blue sash of cotton
crown of blue velvet bound with metal strips and decorated with multicoloured beads
body is supported by leather and wood adapted to form a stand
dress front only of white silk, covered with net and metal sequins and beads
petticoat of stiffened white cotton with lace trim
robe of dark blue velvet lined with stiffened white cotton and trimmed with gold thread, sequins and fur
girdle of gold thread
blue sash of cotton
crown of blue velvet bound with metal strips and decorated with multicoloured beads
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | poured wax, cloth, glass, wood, leather |
| Brief description | Pierotti, English, about 1840 |
| Physical description | poured wax shoulder head with stuffed cloth body, blue glass eyes and a brown human hair wig body is supported by leather and wood adapted to form a stand dress front only of white silk, covered with net and metal sequins and beads petticoat of stiffened white cotton with lace trim robe of dark blue velvet lined with stiffened white cotton and trimmed with gold thread, sequins and fur girdle of gold thread blue sash of cotton crown of blue velvet bound with metal strips and decorated with multicoloured beads |
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| Production type | Unlimited edition |
| Object history | The Pierotti Family made a number of known portraits and advertised that they could make an individual portrait for about the same cost as a painting. |
| Production | made by Harry Pierotti Reason For Production: retail |
| Bibliographic reference | The Ultimate Doll Book, CG Goodfellow, Dorling Kindersley, London, 1993 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.20-1928 |
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| Record created | January 12, 2001 |
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