Tressy

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Artist/Maker	Palitoy (manufacturer) Cheung (manufacturer)
Place of origin	Hong Kong

soft vinyl head, pink, painted with red lips, dark brown brows, blue, black and white highlighted eye and top lashes
contained in plastic bag marked MADE IN HONG KONG together with a post card printed with Cheung Kong Industrial Co Ltd

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Object type	Head prototypes
Title	Tressy
Materials and techniques	soft vinyl Soft Vinyl Moulded
Brief description	Tressy Heads
Physical description	soft vinyl head, pink, painted with red lips, dark brown brows, blue, black and white highlighted eye and top lashes contained in plastic bag marked MADE IN HONG KONG together with a post card printed with Cheung Kong Industrial Co Ltd
Production type	prototype
Marks and inscriptions	MADE IN HONG KONG (on plastic bag) Cheung Kong Industrial Co Ltd, Cheung Kong Building, 661 King's Road, Hong Kong (on postcard) TRESSY DOLL PAINTING SAMPLE FOR YOUR APPROVAL//APPROVED W P Dec/4 12/4/78 (hand written in blue probably by WAG Pugh)
Credit line	Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history	These are smaller than the Tressy heads but appear to be the same
Production	Attribution note: painting sample
Associated object	B.1625-1999
Collection	Young V&A Collection
Accession number	B.1626-1999

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Record created	April 11, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O35083/tressy-head-prototypes-palitoy/

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