View this Rare Lucy Peck Portrait Doll of Queen Victoria!
27/10/2022 | Leigh Gotch
This really is a special lot… isn’t she just beautiful?
An extremely rare and important poured wax 'Lucy Peck' all original portrait doll of a young Queen Victoria, English circa 1900. Lucy Peck’s doll shop specialised in Royal portraits including Queen Victoria as a young Lady, and are extremely rare to find; this example is possibly one of the best to be offered for sale at auction. It's estimated to make £2000 - £3000
Description: This doll has well moulded tinted wax shoulder head with deep blue glass eyes, moulded lids and finely painted feathered brows. Open mouth with tinted lips and showing upper row of teeth. Moulded ears and inserted light brown hair with original side plaits held by blue and black ribbon rosettes, with black glass bead and ribbon headdress. Sloped shoulders to cloth body with individually posed poured wax lower arms and well defined moulded hands, legs with moulded toes. She wears original magnificently detailed blue plaid pure silk off-the-shoulder dress with black velvet and lace detail, bustle to rear and matching jacket. Her underclothes and choker with original gold pendant incised VR (Victoria Regina), 29” (74cm) tall, body with stamp ‘ From Mrs Peck, The Doll’s House, 131 Regent Street’, (the condition: excellent, museum quality).
Look out for this special doll in our November sale... catalogue coming soon.