This wax over composition baby doll carries the winged helmet trade mark of Cuno and Otto Dressel of Sonneberg in Germany, and dates from between 1874 and 1876. She has blue glass eyes, a blonde mohair wig, and an open mouth showing teeth. She wears real baby clothes. In the 19th century British and American adults gave up the custom of swaddling babies (wrapping them in bands of fabric) over a shirt and nappy, and dressed them entirely in separate garments. Because the swaddling had kept the babies warmer than clothes, they had to wear layers of garments: a binder, nappy, nappy cover, shirt, two caps, bodice, 2 petticoats, gown, bib or pinafore, socks and shoes, with a cape or shawl and hat for going out of doors.