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Title
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Bisque Doll Head
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Description
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The painted features of this porcelain doll face point to the work of firms in the Thuringia area of Germany. Thuringia’s natural clay deposits made it the center of the German doll industry. This doll likely once included glass enamel eyes and a mohair wig.
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Contributor
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Lucy Davis (Graduate Student, American Material Culture, Spring 2018); photograph by Jacob Lechner.
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Creator
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Lucy Davis
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Date
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c. 1860-1890
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Format
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Ceramic (bisque) doll head, approximately 3" tall and 2" wide. Eyes and back of head missing.
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Publisher
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Rutgers University-Camden
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Relation
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Affleck, Richard, George Cress, Ingrid Weubber, Rebecca White, Kimberly Morrell, and Thomas Kutys. Phase II and Data-Recovery Archaeological Excavations of the Smith-Maskell Site Cooper Street Development Camden, New Jersey. Archaeological Excavation Report, Burlington: URS Corporation.
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Rights
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Collection of Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts
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Source
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Recovered from excavation prior to construction of Rutgers-Camden dormitory at 330 Cooper Street, Camden, N.J.
