22nd Feb, 2024 12:00

The Important Private Antique Doll Collection of Austin Smith and Margaret Harkin - Part 1

 
  Lot 156
 

156

A rare 19th century beeswax dolls’ house doll with provenance

Sold for £440
Estimated at £300 - £500


 
A rare 19th century beeswax dolls’ house doll with provenance, the shoulder head with blue painted eyes, brown dash eyebrows, stuffed body with wax limbs, painted white socks, brown boots with red laces, white muslin dress with pink ribbon trim, straw and net hat with pink ribbon trim, white cotton underclothes and note ‘Sarah Jane Collyer from her Grandchild 1859, August 19’ —6in. (15cm.) high (some ageing)