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Welsh costume doll, St Fagans National History Museum, D32

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Costume: hat, cap, apron, bedgown, skirt, underskirt, neckerchief and carrying knitting and a metal bucket. Body: wood, articulated limbs and tennon joints. Painted face and leg details. Hat: felt Cap: muslin with lace trim Height : 32.2cm without hat. General observations: The bedgown is of printed cotton and has a rounded collar Date: costume 1851 on a body dated 1825-1830. Provenance and history: dressed at Holywell by the donor's aunt, Mrs Maria Higgins, during the Autumn of 1851.

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Amgueddfa Cymru, Sain Ffagan / National Museum Wales, St Fagans : 34.253
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Amgueddfa Cymru / National Museum Wales 2010
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