21st Nov, 2020 10:30 GMT/BST

Costume, Accessories & Textiles - Online auction

 
  Lot 6004
 

6004

Miniature 19th Century Wax Baby Doll, wearing a cream silk and net dress, together with spare...

Miniature 19th Century Wax Baby Doll, wearing a cream silk and net dress, together with spare clothes in a cream silk lined and velvet mounted egg shaped hinged case, together with a handwritten note ' A doll made 1802 with clothes to put on, Marey Leslie', doll 4.5cm high and case is 7cm long, in a small glass dome and stand; 19th Century Cream Silk Shoe, decorated with blue and yellow beads and filled with miniature figures, 12.5cm (2)

Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £150


 

. Hinged velvet case = - some discolouration to outside and slight wear to silk lining.
Four skirts – some decolouration
Wax doll – scratches and wear to face and arms, legs missing, wear to costume.
Small dome and stand – wear mainly to the stand
Silk shoe – two brown stains to sole, otherwise slight wear
Composition seated child figure – leg broken and head split
Other figures – slight rubbing and wear
Shaker style box – no cover

 


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Auction: Costume, Accessories & Textiles - Online auction, 21st Nov, 2020

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