Doll. A large wooden doll with parasol, circa 1840

Doll. A large wooden doll with parasol, circa 1840, painted paper-mâché head with moulded black hair in a bun and blue eyes (some superficial cracks to face), wooden limbs, and lace-trimmed white cotton pantaloons and petticoat, latter with thick red underskirt beneath, wearing a later machine and hand-stitched gown of brown taffeta, with layered skirt, waist sash finished with a rosette, and matching bonnet, skirt with 2 tiny holes to front and a couple of short splits to back, cream lace tippet pinned in place, length 50.5 cm (20 ins), together with a late Victorian or Edwardian doll's tasselled parasol of painted wood and ivory chiffon trimmed with lace, length 43.5 cm (17 1/8 ins) (Quantity: 1)