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45.20Description
German Doll and Accessories. a) Doll. Material: textile, glass, composite, metal, hair. Size: 6" x 21". Description: Caucasian flesh colored composite body and limbs; jointed arms and legs; china head with brown glass eyes, hair eyelashes and painted eyebrows; pink tinted cheeks and lips; plastic white front teeth; shoulder length reddish hair. (b) Jacket-Skirt Dress. Material: blue velvet long skirt with matching fitted, long sleeved jacket, both trimmed with white lace; jacket has front center closure with four square embossed metal buttons. c) Pantaloons. White cotton eyelet. d) Camisole. White cotton short sleeved shirt. e) Slip. White cotton eyelet half slip. f) Stockings. White knit long stockings one for each leg. g) Shoes. White leather shoes with fine cord laces that tie at the ankle, one for each foot.Context
1906 jointed composition doll made in Germany. It was a gift to the donor's grandmother, Helen Hodgson when she was 13 years old. It was passed on to her daughter Doris and then to her granddaughter, Beth Gilleland. The doll was refurbished in 2006 at Anti Clare's Doll Hospital in North St. Paul. Note with doll written in 1958 by first owner Helen Angier Hodgson: Christmas 1906-my last doll and I was 13 yrs! What would the modern generation think?"Lexicon
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Category 09: Recreational ObjectsCreate Date
December 3, 2021Update Date
September 19, 2024