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Description: | This doll is dressed in the finery of a boyar from Moscow. A `boyar' was a member of the Russian aristocracy, one rank below that of prince, until the title was abolished by Tsar Peter the Great in the early 1700s. The swivel head is made of bisque and has an open crown through which the brown glass eyes have been fixed. An open mouth, pierced ears and a brown wig complete the detailed features. The doll has a jointed composition body and is impressed with the mark '532/2'.
Impressed mark, '532/2'
Boyar from Moscow, with a bisque swivel head, fixed brown glass eyes and pierced ears, wearing an elaborate headdress. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Childhood Aristocracy Toys Social history Dolls and Toys Costume dolls | Temporal: | 1900 - 1920
20th century (1900-1999) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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