Saturday, 9 March 2013

Never A Doll Moment

Look what I found when looking for shipbuilding apprenticeship documents. What are they for? Who knows?




One of the figures has "Napolean - 5' 4" and Horatio Nelson was 5' 5"' written on it's leg.

Reference: D116/6
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3 comments:

  1. Lynn Taylor26 March 2013 at 08:56

    i love those little dolls - are they made from cardboard?

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  2. TinTrunk11 April 2013 at 21:54

    I think they may have been poseable templates for adding scale figures to shipbuilding plans? Or maybe just used to check that ceiling heights, hammock width allowances or whatever were appropriate.

    This is just a wild guess! I've no idea of the actual size of these, nor their approximate age. The names added - such as Napoleon and Nelson - would have been well-known and perhaps added a bit of personality to them?

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  3. TinTrunk12 April 2013 at 16:10

    A virtual gold star is just as good. I'm very chuffed!

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