Doll

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Motschmann baby doll

Motschmann baby doll

Name/Title

Doll

Entry/Object ID

1995.105

Description

Doll, 1850-1880, made of papier-mache, wood, cotton and silk. Sonneber Taufling (so called Motschmann baby) with papier-mache head and shoulder plate, wooden lower arms and lower legs, mid torso, cloth upper arms and upper legs, upper torso, head has black stationary eyes, painted wisps of hair. Dressed in blue /ecrypolka dot gown, long half-slip (cotton), sick bonnet.

Made/Created

Date made

1850 - 1880

Place

* Untyped Place

Germany

Dimensions

Height

10-1/2 in

Diameter

7-3/4 in

Material

Papier mache, wood, cotton, silk