Doll

Name/Title

Doll

Entry/Object ID

1954.15.16

Description

Doll made from a wooden clothes pin and a dried apple. The body of the doll is a non-springed clothespin. It is dressed in a blue dress with a sheer white apron and shawl that have been stiffened to give the doll a more humanoid shape. The head is carved from an apple that has since shrunk and turned black. It has white wool hair and a white cotton cap.

Context

Likely made by Kate Dewey Squires of Montpelier, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1954.15

Source or Donor

Dewey, Breta Brigham (1887-1968)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Doll

Nomenclature Class

Toys

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Length

7-1/2 in

Material

Cotton, Wood, Wool, Apple

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Squires, Kate Dewey (1864-1930)

Related Places

Place

City

Montpelier

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America