Baby Doll
1978 (manufactured)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
SEALED IN A HAND MADE BOX MARKED 'DENYS FISHER'
moulded vinyl head with sleeping eyes and blond rooted saran hair
head has been cut in half to reveal mechanism
no body but the various water receptacles have been kept including the hand pump
moulded vinyl head with sleeping eyes and blond rooted saran hair
head has been cut in half to reveal mechanism
no body but the various water receptacles have been kept including the hand pump
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | moulded vinyl |
| Brief description | Mattel, USA, 1978 |
| Physical description | SEALED IN A HAND MADE BOX MARKED 'DENYS FISHER' moulded vinyl head with sleeping eyes and blond rooted saran hair head has been cut in half to reveal mechanism no body but the various water receptacles have been kept including the hand pump |
| Production type | mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | 1 August 1979 (letter) |
| Credit line | Given by the Palitoy Company |
| Object history | Part of the Palitoy Archive it appears to be a crying and not feeding doll with a pump operated by squeezing the hand *an accompanying letter decribing the components of the head material, from R M Kevern to S F Moore (of Palitoy), dated 1 August 1979 |
| Production | Attribution note: tested sample |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.2378-1999 |
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| Record created | September 18, 2000 |
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