Bartholomew Parsnip

Bartholomew Parsnip is one of the characters of Una Maw's book The Vegetable Kingdom. The dolls were made by Maw while she lived in London around 1920, and were donated to the London Museum in 1922. Within the book, Bartholomew Parsnip is the son of Reverend Jerusalem Artichoke and Lady Tomato. During the war he becomes a pilot.

Doll with stuffed cloth body dressed in beige silk trousers, a beige and navy patterned shirt and a brown woolen jacket with a black tie or scarf and a blue spotted handkercheif. He has painted black shoes and is holding a cigarette in a silver foil holder. Head resemebles a parsnip, with facial features painted, embroidered or sewn on. Has cardboard discs as eyes, and a black silk beret-like hat. Hair/leaves made from green wire, thread and silk.