Petticoat
A long white cotton petticoat which is trimmed with tucks and lace. The petticoat has white lace to the top and black lace along the skirt hem in tiers. It has a fitted bodice and buttons on the front....
Pinafore
A child's sleeveless cream-coloured cotton pinafore, open at the back. It has a draw tie at the neck, a sash attached to the front with a broderie anglaise strip, and broderie anglaise edging to the shoulder ...
Pinafore
A white cotton pinafore with a full length skirt. It has a bib to the front with ties for fastening around the neck. There is lace edging to the front and hem.
Porcelain Head Doll
This doll, sold under the trade name 'Revalo', was made by the German maker Gebruder Ohlhaver.
It has a bisque head - a matt (unshiny) porcelain, with blue closing eyes and a real hair wig.
The ...
Porcelain Head Doll
This doll has a porcelain head with painted hair and features. It is called a 'glazed china' because the head has been given an overglaze to make it shiny.
Glazed china heads were popular until the ...
Porcelain Head Doll
This doll has a head made from untinted bisque. This is a matt (unshiny) porcelain with painted features added, but is otherwise left white.
It has a fabric body, with bisque arms and legs. The clothes ...
Porcelain Head Doll
This fashion doll was probably made in France, perhaps by the firm of Pierre Jumeau.
Fashion dolls were popular between 1860 - 1890, and were made to look like elegant young women.
This doll has ...
Porcelain Head Doll
This doll has a bisque head - a matt (unshiny) porcelain, with closing blue glass eyes and a mohair wig. Its body is made from leather, with bisque arms and composition legs.
Porcelain Head Doll
This doll's head was made in Germany by the maker Armand Marseille. His porcelain factory began making bisque doll's heads from c.1890, and became one of Europe's biggest producers.
Bisque is a matt ...
Porcelain Head Doll
Toys become even more interesting when we know something about their history. This doll belonged to Winifred Woodcock, who was born in 1934. It was a Christmas present in 1938, when she was 4 years old. ...
Porcelain Head Doll
This bisque head doll, with her trunk of clothes, was given to Irene Hey for Christmas 1922. It was one of the best presents she ever had:
"This precious doll came to me on Christmas Day in 1922. I ...
Pot Head Doll
This doll was made in Staffordshire during World War I (1914 - 1918).
Imported German dolls were not available during the war, and some English porcelain factories made doll heads to fill the gap left ...
Rag Doll
This little sailor doll, made of velvet, is by the Norah Wellings factory.
Norah Wellings began work with the Chad Valley Company, but set up in business on her own in the 1920's.
Sailor dolls like ...
Regent Garage Overall
A light blue mechanic's overall, which belonged to the Regent Garage. On the front it has two badges, one saying 'Service' in blue lettering and the other saying 'Regent' in yellow lettering with a crown ...
Riding Habit - Waistcoat
A riding waistcoat which was part of a riding habit, c.1890. The waistcoat is made from a blue jacquard weave with a diamond pattern and fastened with 17 grey buttons. The collar is fastened with two ...
Riding Hat
A tall black riding hat with a black band.
Riding Hat
A lady's tall black felt and silk riding hat with a black felt band, c.1890.
Robe
A purple felt robe with a brown fur collar. It is possibly rabbit fur. There are purple ribbons and black velvet bands on the hem and cuffs.