All in one stockinette with the arms sewn on at the shoulders, centre seam down back and insides of each arm and leg. Hands slightly shaped and knobby at each end to indicate fingers and thumb; toes indicated by stitches. Around neck and each wrist is tied a matching mercerised cotton thread. Around ankles is a line of stitches. Nostrils, mouth and chin are indicated by stitches and the mouth and nostrils together with the cheeks are painted pink. The eyes are dark brown with black glass stuck to the head. The hair is an auburn mohair wig on a black linen skull cap.
The whole doll is stuffed with kapok. The whole is dirty and stained, possibly by water. On the upper chest is a crosspatch of sticky plaster which covers a small hole in the stockinette.
*Elizabeth Ellen Houghton founded the Shanklin Toy Industry Ltd., Isle of Wight, 1914-20, as a cottage industry; in the 1920s the Nottingham and Shanklin Toy Industry was based in London; also known as British Toys. Originally funded by the Three Arts Women's Employment Fund; after
1918 taken over by Roberts Bros. of Gloucester.