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1955.1.20

Wax doll in white dress trimmed with blue ribbon, and matching bonnet. [MJD 28/08/2009]


1955.1.20

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wax doll in white dress trimmed with blue ribbon, and matching bonnet. [MJD 28/08/2009]
Cultural groups
English
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Margaret F. Irvine
Date / Period
Date made: Circa 1870
Date collected
By 1955
Acquisition information
Donated: 1955
Materials and processes
Material Wax, Material Cotton Textile Plant, Material Ribbon Textile, Material Textile, Material Cotton Yarn Plant, Material Pigment, Process Cast, Process Stitched, Process Woven, Process Painted
Dimensions
Width: max 59 mm, Height: max 133 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1955.1.20
Research and responses

The Fuller's box is from the cake company Fullers Cakes Ltd. It has the same Fuller's logo as the Dundee Cake tin photograph on: http://www.kzwp.com/lyons2/fullers.htm (accessed 28/08/2009). It is possibly a chocolate box. [MJD 28/08/2009]

Search terms: Figure, Toy and Game, Doll Figure