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Dollies

Doll
1935-1940 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
D. Ltd - Dukie Dolls (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (manufactured)

brown card box and lid with blue and white label on one end
containing a toddler doll with composition socket head and toddler body and limbs, blue glass sleeping eyes, light brown mohair wig and painted facial features; open mouth showing two teeth
the body composition is cruder than that used for the head; mohair is over light blue paper

Object details

Object type
Doll
Parts
This object consists of 10 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Doll
  • Vest
  • Dolls
  • Clothing
  • Dolls
  • Clothing
  • Dolls
  • Clothing
  • Dolls
  • Clothing
  • Dolls
  • Clothing
  • Dolls
  • Clothing
  • Box
  • Romper Suit
TitleDollies (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
composition, card, glass, cloth
Composition
Card
Glass
Cloth
Moulded
Brief description
Dollies, Dukie Dolls, British, late 1930s
Physical description
brown card box and lid with blue and white label on one end
containing a toddler doll with composition socket head and toddler body and limbs, blue glass sleeping eyes, light brown mohair wig and painted facial features; open mouth showing two teeth
the body composition is cruder than that used for the head; mohair is over light blue paper
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.5in
  • Head height: 4.5in
Production typemass produced
Copy number
No. 26030/8
Marks and inscriptions
  • Dollies // 2 // British (trade mark; body; moulded)
  • 40 (right shoulder; moulded)
  • D LTD BRITISH MADE // COMPO HEADS WASHABLE // DUKIE DOLLS
  • (outer edge of box label; printed)
  • No.26030/8 below an illustration of a boy riding a duck (box label)
Object history
Appears never to have been played with.
The donor acquired the doll at a raffle about 1940.
Production
Reason For Production: retail
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
MISC.217-1979

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Record createdFebruary 6, 2001
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O54264/dollies-doll-d-ltd/
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