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Dancing doll
Owen, Bill (Local carpenter, Port Talbot)
Dancing doll with clapper board. Made by Bill Owen, a carpenter from Port Talbot, in about 1910. Wooden doll with articulated limbs. The doll has painted face and hair, with a protruding peg nose. The lower legs are made of lead, with wooden clogs for feet. The top hat is carved from the head piece.
Clothing: tailed jacket with waitcoat and fawn trousers.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F72.325
Creation/Production
Owen, Bill
Date: 1910 (circa)
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
Height
(cm): 29
Width
(cm): 10
Depth
(cm): 6
Techniques
painted
Material
wood
lead
paint
Location
In store
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