Prune Doll
Prune Doll
1950-1970
1950-1970
Place of origin |
Representing a man with a pipe and stave. The body and limbs are made of prunes slotted on to wire and bent into position. The head is a walnut with a wooden knob nose, black and white glass eyes embedded into the shell and the mouth indicated by a red painted line and the brows by black painted lines. The hands are brown paper.
The figure is dressed with a black stiffened felt hat decorated with a feather, a sleeveless coat of black felt, a waistcoat of red felt decorated with two white beads and a tie arrangement of dark beige cloth decorated with a pale green glass bead. Around the face has been tied a band of checked cotton (the impression is that the figure is suffering with a toothache. The left hand is holding a pipe made fom a naturally shaped piece of wood; in the right is a wooden stave with a V at the top.
The figure is held to a circular block of wood by the wire which pass through the legs. The outer rim is painted red and between the legs, glued to the top, is a card label with the maker's trademark
The figure is dressed with a black stiffened felt hat decorated with a feather, a sleeveless coat of black felt, a waistcoat of red felt decorated with two white beads and a tie arrangement of dark beige cloth decorated with a pale green glass bead. Around the face has been tied a band of checked cotton (the impression is that the figure is suffering with a toothache. The left hand is holding a pipe made fom a naturally shaped piece of wood; in the right is a wooden stave with a V at the top.
The figure is held to a circular block of wood by the wire which pass through the legs. The outer rim is painted red and between the legs, glued to the top, is a card label with the maker's trademark
Object details
Object type | |
Title | Prune Doll (popular title) |
Materials and techniques | prunes, walnut, wood, paper, wire, felt, glass beads, cotton |
Brief description | Prune doll, representinmg a man; made in Germany, 1950-70 |
Physical description | Representing a man with a pipe and stave. The body and limbs are made of prunes slotted on to wire and bent into position. The head is a walnut with a wooden knob nose, black and white glass eyes embedded into the shell and the mouth indicated by a red painted line and the brows by black painted lines. The hands are brown paper. The figure is dressed with a black stiffened felt hat decorated with a feather, a sleeveless coat of black felt, a waistcoat of red felt decorated with two white beads and a tie arrangement of dark beige cloth decorated with a pale green glass bead. Around the face has been tied a band of checked cotton (the impression is that the figure is suffering with a toothache. The left hand is holding a pipe made fom a naturally shaped piece of wood; in the right is a wooden stave with a V at the top. The figure is held to a circular block of wood by the wire which pass through the legs. The outer rim is painted red and between the legs, glued to the top, is a card label with the maker's trademark |
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Marks and inscriptions | ORIGINAL
A. Z. (card label nailed to base) |
Credit line | Bequeathed by Susi Elizabeth Thoma |
Production | Probably made in Nürnberg where such dolls are sold at Christmas in the Christkindelmarkt. Attribution note: These are hand made and used for decoration. Reason For Production: retail |
Associated object | |
Collection | |
Accession number | B.14-1998 |
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Record created | May 5, 1998 |
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