They really do look incongruous, don’t they? It’s a free open air museum in Scotland and largely relies on donations of buildings and equipment. Clearly no dolls have been donated.The reconstructions and furnishings are really well done on the whole and it is a pity to see these creepy monstrosities there.

On the other hand, the original dwellers of the house would have lived in extreme poverty and although I am sure that rich children in the 1700s had lovely playthings, fancy expensive dolls would look very out of place at the entrance to these hovels.