Shirley Temple
Portrait Doll
1934 (manufactured)
1934 (manufactured)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
composition head with composition toddler body and limbs, brown/green plastic sleeping eyes, painted facial features and a mohair wig styles in short ringlets
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Shirley Temple (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Moulded composition, plastic, mohair |
| Brief description | Shirley Temple Portrait Doll, Ideal Toy & Novelty Co, USA, 1934 |
| Physical description | composition head with composition toddler body and limbs, brown/green plastic sleeping eyes, painted facial features and a mohair wig styles in short ringlets |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | SHIRLEY TEMPLE // 22 (nape and back, with the name in an arched line over the 22; moulded) |
| Object history | Shirley Temple was a famous child star of the 1930s and the Ideal Toy & Novelty Co was given the rights to produce dolls based on her. As well as marking the dolls, the clothing bore a label. The dolls were made and entries in the trade catalogues from 1935 to 1939 |
| Production | Reason For Production: retail |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | The Ultimate Doll Book, CGGoodfellow, Dorling Kindersley, 1993 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | MISC.19-1974 |
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| Record created | February 6, 2001 |
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