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Collections > Toys > The Old Woman in a Shoe

The Old Woman in a Shoe

Home made shoe in well worn silk velvet, striped grey and white with green silk binding and white kid sole, and eight painted wooden Dutch dolls, which are sewn in. The old woman in blue, red and white print dress with lace bonnet and the children, in various sizes, are
wearing white glazed linen except the one on the old woman's shoulder is in blue.
Size: Shoe length: 12.5 cm

Place: England

Object Type: doll

Period: Victoria

Broad Date: Early Victorian

Actual Date: c.1845

Century: 19th century

Materials: Silk, Wood, Kid

Museum Accession Number: 1958.9.7/TOY.9