Doll

Manufactured Doll

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Doll

Entry/Object ID

1959.38.1a-g

Description

Doll with molded and painted face and hair wearing a green striped dress, black bonnet, and black lace shawl. Her dress buttons up the center front bodice and has flaring sleeved and a very full skirt. It is trimmed at the neckline, sleeves, and waist with black seed beads. White undersleeves extend to her wrists. In total, she is a wearing the dress, the bonnet, the shawl, a white petticoat with tatted trim, a white petticoat with a ruffle, and bloomers with tatted trim.

Context

Owned by Helen Crane in Grafton, Vermont. Many years later, her granddaughter, Alice Swingle, had fabric from Helen's wedding dress (1864) made into a dress for the doll.

Acquisition

Accession

1959.38

Source or Donor

Swingle, Alice H.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Doll

Nomenclature Class

Toys

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1840

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

12 in

Clothing

Clothing Type

Redressed

Clothing Description

Clothing made from wedding dress of original owner

Hair

Color

Black

Type

Molded

Material

Papier-mâché, Silk, Cotton

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Haskins, Helen Crane (1839-1905)

Related Places

Place

Town

Grafton

County

Windham County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Interpretative Labels

Label

Doll, ca. 1840 Papier-mache, silk, cotton Gift of Alice H. Swingle This doll belonged to Helen Crane, who grew up in Grafton. She married John Haskins in 1864, and many years later her granddaughter, Alice Swingle, used pieces of fabric from her wedding dress to create a new dress for the doll.