Miss Lettuce; or, Nannie the Nurse

Miss Lettuce 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, Miss Lettuce is nursemaid to the Princess Spring Onion. She is also known as 'Nannie the Nurse'.

Doll with stuffed cloth body dressed in a patterned silk dress (likely made from the border of an Indian sari or saree) and white silk apron with lace trim. Head resemebles a long narrow lettuce, with facial features painted, embroidered or sewn on.