Name/Title

Doll

Entry/Object ID

2014.30.1a-b

Description

a) Doll, bisque head and forearms, brown sleep eyes, slightly open mouth with two teeth, jointed kid-leather body/hinged at shoulder/elbow/hip/knee with metal wire secured to metal buttons, gauze/stuffed with excelsior, bisque hands, 20"h, marked "3" at head back, marked "Germany" on back with numbers 154 dep. 2 1/2 (and other hard-to-read words), 14 1/2"h x 4 1/2"w, c. 1911. Manufactured by Kestner. b) Wig, original strawberry-blonde curled-hair (possibly human) sewn onto mesh cap (detached because glue has dried out).

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Kestner (Germany)

Notes

Date: 1911 c.

Dimensions

Height

14-1/2 in

Width

4-1/2 in