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SHARA™ IN BRONZE BEAUTY™

Teenage Doll
©1981 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

card bubble pack, printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and photo of the named doll and on the back photos of the various dolls
contains a poseable doll, long platinum blond rooted saran hair, painted facial features, moulded orange swinsuit and wedged sandals, with sunhat and yellow towel; jointed at reverse socket neck, shoulders, waist hips and knees


Object details

Object type
Parts
This object consists of 7 parts.

  • Packaging
  • Doll
  • Stand
  • Clear Stand
  • Towel
  • Hat
  • Comb
Titles
  • SHARA™ IN BRONZE BEAUTY™ (manufacturer's title)
  • GLAMOUR GALS™
Materials and techniques
soft vinyl, terry towelling
Brief description
Shara, Hong Kong, 1981
Physical description
card bubble pack, printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and photo of the named doll and on the back photos of the various dolls
contains a poseable doll, long platinum blond rooted saran hair, painted facial features, moulded orange swinsuit and wedged sandals, with sunhat and yellow towel; jointed at reverse socket neck, shoulders, waist hips and knees
Dimensions
  • Doll height: 4½in
Production typemass produced
Copy number
No. 50010
Marks and inscriptions
  • ages 4 and up (packaging)
  • ©CPG 81 (nape)
  • ©CPG1981 Hong Kong (body)
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history
Glamour Gals™, set of 15 poseable dolls in different costumes

These dolls were collected for sampling and testing; many of the ones not kept had parts cut away or the hair fire tested. A number, Not Kept, were supplied as samples by G M Products HK Ltd, Rooms 1608-1610 Star House, Salisbury Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Production
Attribution note: tested samples
Reason For Production: retail
Associated objects
Other number
No. 50230 - product number
Collection
Accession number
B.1682:1-1999

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Record createdApril 13, 2000
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