A very interesting cloth doll, along the lines of a Kathy Kruse, but not hers. I am not sure what particular manufacturing company made her. There is also a partial, and faded, blue stamp on the bottom of the left foot. She has a hard stuffed body with jointed arms and legs. Head is oil painted with slightly darker colored hair, pale eyebrows, and brown eyes with white dot highlights. Clothing is vintage. A very expressive, interesting doll.

Condition: Body has age staining, nose has minor rub, and the hair has some age rubs.

Size: Height- 15 inches.

This is a lovely bisque head Alt Beck Gottschalck doll, C, 1880. Beautiful pale bisque with blown glass eyes, feathered eyebrows, shaded lips, and an open mouth with six tiny teeth. She has an antique caracul wig, and a full leather body with gussets at the elbows, ,hips, and knees. Lower arms are bisque.

An exceptionally attractive antique young boys tweed outfit. Back of shoulder plate is marked..."Made in Germany, 8 DEP, and a number, possibly 1235".

Condition: Very good. Eyes no longer sleep, as the weight is not on. Couple of small holes in the leather arms, but body is in really good condition. Silk shirt in poor condition.

Size: Height- 21 1/2 inches.

A very pretty antique Japanese doll house table inlaid with various woods. The inlay work forms a Japanese scene of Mt. Fuji. A very attractive small wooden table.

Condition: Very good.

Size: 5 X 3 5/8 X 2 1/4 inches high.

Lovely antique doll house settee with pink silk upholstery and a wood frame. An early piece dating C. 1900. Two small bolsters at each end of the settee.

Condition: Some age wear, but overall good.

Size: length 7 X width 2.5 X height 2 7/8 inches

An exquisite and rare Ernst Grossman 14 inch bisque doll that was made for the French market. What is so rare about this doll is that she has an open mouth with upper and lower teeth and a slight overbite, which I would think was to emulate the Jules Steiner open mouth French doll. I have not seen an Ernst Grossman doll with this type of mouth and teeth in the literature. Beautiful bisque head with no chips, cracks, or hairline cracks. Finely feathered eyebrows. Inset blue blown glass eyes with dark rings around the striated iris. Pale lavender eyeshadow above the eyes. Painted upper and lower eyelashes. Delineated and shaded lips. Pierced ears into the head, and a lovely long blonde mohair wig and a plaster pate. The body is made of wood and, apparently Ernst Grossman was known for creating the first ball jointed body. Straight wrists and initials on the body which appear to be EG although a bit hard to read. Body is quite distinctive with leather in the neck socket to protect the neck. Head is incised with a 7 or a 4. Very attractive vintage clothing and antique shoes and socks.

Size: 14 inches.

Condition: Bit of white area at top of forehead original to doll. Body could use restringing.

A gorgeous antique portrait Jumeau doll with trousseau. Pale pressed bisque with beautiful shaded cheeks, mauve eyeshadow, delicate feathered eyebrows, shaded nostrils and lips, and blue paper weight almond shaped eyes. The eyes have dark lines around the irises and lovely radiating lines around the pupils. Pierced ears.
The doll has the original head coil, cork pate, and the original French straight wristed body. Marked Jumeau... Medaille D'Or...Paris. Just an exquisite doll.
She has a an antique lambskin wig, and another antique blonde wig for a different look. Trousseau consists of- antique pantaloons and a silk slip, antique shoes and socks. She is wearing an antique printed dress and an antique straw hat. Included in her wardrobe is a white cotton dress, a silk drop waist dress, a white felt winter jacket, a blue silk navy dress(frail), a pale blue silk dress, and a lovely blue silk and ecru lace antique dress. Included also is an antique straw hat (frail). A lovely cabinet sized doll with an extensive antique trousseau.
Size: 14 inches.
Condition: Minor body wear. Finger chipped on inside as per picture.

A wonderful set of seven handmade cloth dollhouse dolls made on the Champs-Élysées C. 1900. The dolls were original family dolls, sold to me by by a relative of the original owners, a wealthy lumber baron family with 7 children. Every summer the family, the children, and their nannies, would take a trip to France. On one of these trips on the Champs-Élysées, a beggar lady was selling these dolls that she had made with scraps of lovely material obtained from remnants of the elegant couturier shops.
Each of the dolls is hand crafted in cloth with clay arms. The faces are cloth as well, with hand painted features, and each dressed differently in costumes of that era. Muslin pantaloons, silk shoes, tiny blown glass bead buttons, tiny woven straw hats, bits of ribbon and bows, and tufts of mohair wigs. The set is a small artistic treasure.
Condition: Overall very good. Some wear commensurate with age.
Size: Height- 6 3/4 to 7 inches.

Lovely antique mechanical walking doll called an Autoperipatetikos. The doll has a lovely Parian doll head with an elaborate hairdo, and braids and brush marks on the side of the hair. The blue eyes are beautifully painted with red lines over the eyelids. Painted mouth, and a molded shoulder plate with three painted gold buttons. Arms are leather with individually sewn fingers.
Body is carton with remnants of a label, and the feet are metal, painted a gold color. Original key. Antique dress with ribbons at the shoulder and around the waist. Quite a striking and unusual doll in working order.

Condition: Very good. Very thin original firing line in front of neck.

Size: 11 1/4 inches.

A sweet pair of white leather antique fashion, or small Bebe, doll gloves. White glass button fastening and lighter white top edging and gusset edging. Useful as they will fit on a doll.

Size: 2-5/8 inch to longest finger, 1-1/2 inches across the top.

Condition: Very good. Tiny opening at top of two gloves.

A lovely pair of fashion doll gloves in a camel color with umber stitching. They would be lovely as a fashion doll accessory or in a miniature display cabinet.

Size: 3-1/2 inches long

Condition: water mark on top of one glove. Leather in very good condition.

A purse that is either for a child or for a large doll. It has soft red leather with silk lining and metal frame. It has an interior change purse with a small mirror which is covered with the same lining as the interior of the larger purse. An interesting set.

Size: larger purse 4-1/2 inches x 4-1/2 inches. 8 inches to top handle.
Small purse 3 inches x 2-1/4 inches

Condition: some age wear and small purse has a bit of stitching loss on edge

Two really wonderful examples of Chinese character dolls c. 1920-1940. They have composition faces, hands, and feet. Their features are fabulously expressive, almost lifelike. The shoes are painted, and the Chinese-style clothing is made of silk. Both dolls have original headdresses. What is so fabulous about these dolls is that they are in almost mint condition.

Condition: Excellent

Size: 10.5"