Accession Number

E110

Alternate Name

automaton music box

Description

Reproduction of mechanical doll holding a bird in one hand and a tiny plate of seeds in the other. When wound, the bird moves up towards the girl's mouth, then back down. The doll's head is bisque, eyes are glass and hair is mohair. She is wearing a lilac frock with purple bows with a lace undergarment. She has a small cross pinned to the front of her frock. Her stockings are lace and her shoes have matching purple bow. She also has a deep red bow in her hair.

Narrative

This object is part of The Castle Society's Education Collection and so can be operated and handled by visitors under staff supervision.

Date

circa 1980

Dimensions

40 x 14.5 cm