Doll

Object/Artifact

Grover Center: Museum & Historical Society

Doll labeled 83.16.8 matches description card for 83.16.7. Outfit does not match original description on card. For 4-16-25 inventory, doll wearing blue gingham top & culottes with white undergarments with 83.16.8B sewn in.

Name/Title

Doll

Description

Cloth painted shoulder head - sateen body. Arms and legs are moveable at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees. Original clothing. Panty waist, draw string panties lace trimmed. Cotton blouse buttoned down the front. Blue collar, length sleeves. Buttons are 1/4" pearl. Skirt is buttoned onto blouse with 7-3/8" buttons. Skirt is blue, matches collar of the blouse. Dress - 83.016.008D -1CP ***Doll was favorite of Marian Jones Clark and was named "Boy". Charlotte remembered seeing the dolls drying on the doorknob after being painted by Aunt Laura Spiegel.

Use

by Charlotte Jones

Collection

Charlotte Jones & Marian Jones Clark

Acquisition

Accession

1983.016

Source or Donor

Charlotte Jones, Marian Jones Clark

Acquisition Method

Donation

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Feb 3, 2001

Create Date

February 3, 2001

Update Date

April 17, 2025