Doll

Object/Artifact

Grover Center: Museum & Historical Society

4-16-25 Doll labeled 83.16.7 matches card 83.16.8. Outfit does not match card description. Pink/red striped cotton top and culottes with white undergarments labeled 83.16.7B.

Name/Title

Doll

Description

Cloth shoulder, head. Sateen body. Head,arms and legs painted. Arms and legs moveable at elbows, knees, shoulders and hips. Original clothing panty waist, draw string shoulders and hips, panties, lace trimmed. Slip waist with atttached full skirt, lace trimmed. Dotted swiss blouse, buttoned down the front with 1/4" pearl buttons. Lavender skirt with 2 pleats in front and 4 pleats in back. Skirt buttoned onto blouse with a total of 7 3/8" pearl buttons. This doll appears to be a Chase stockinette doll. Dress 83.16.7 DC -1CP ****Doll was favorite of Charlotte's and was named "Missy". Charlotte remembered seeing the dolls drying on the door knob after painting by Aunt Laura Spiegel.

Use

by Marian Jones Clark

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