A very nice antique black cloth doll with a wonderful embroidered face. She has knotted wool hair pulled through heavy foundation fabric. Her head is round and very hard, her chest is very firm also. Her hips are wide but cotton stuffed as well as her legs. She is very interesting and I can't exactly tell how she was made but I think she is all original and has stockinette and fabric combined in her making. Her dress doesn't come off. She is 17" tall, she sits easily...
Very beautiful one of a kind silk and all hand embroidered woolen costume for French Bebe around 22"/ 23" ( 58 - 60 cm ) ... fit perfect for French or German Bebe , most hand sewn and in generally excellent fabric condition from around 1880......!
A two piece outfit of lovely blue silk and fully hand embroidered soft matching blue color wool, has lovely hand made ruffled silk front and back ...
Maybe I shouldn't think about it.
So without thinking, she is super wonderful, with a elongated head, stitched onto an equally old body, BIG arms and hands, great old body and legs terminating with old nicely worn high button shoes. Still not thinking, her head has water color painted features on very fine old linen, her body is a twill and her arms and hands a little heavier linen fabric with stitch defined fingers and separate thumbs. She is stuffed very firmly with cotton...
I don't see many pairs of dolls and boys dolls I don't think I have had another pair. The older Daryl looks like he is in control and rather sweet, younger Daryl has apparently gotten the short end of the stick. He is sad. They make a very nice pair and are all original with a few missing pieces. I think they both had belts. They have bold embroidered faces and have gray yarn hair...
Very nice Beecher doll by a cottage industry in Elmira NY missionary group from 1893 to 1910. They followed a pattern but each doll is just a little different as the sewing was a group project.. This one has been recovered with black fabric over the original brown fabric. The brown fabric was not that sturdy and is often in fragile condition. She is wearing a red calico dress but probably not original. She is 20" tall
Very beautiful rare French Bebe by Petit et Dumoutier .... France circa 1880 , has original condition with gorgeous spiral threading eyes enhance the delicately flawless bisque and painting complexion , original body and stunning original clothing.
She is a very beautiful doll with finest and best quality bisque socket head with pale plump rounded face , wonderful blue glass paperweight inset eyes with spiral threading and darker iris rims ...
Wonderfully preserved Poupee with very sturdy original body , superb bisque and painting and wonderful two piece costume , under-wearing , booties and straw bonnet .
18" ( 45 cm ) fashion doll with portrait expression of lovely bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate of pale quality and excellent painting . She has wonderful pale blue glass enamel eyes with dark outer rims and spiral threading , dark eyeliner and fine painted long lashes ...
This great little doll is made with stockinette and stuffed with cotton. She has a wonderful face with big button eyes and big pinched nose and smiling face. She ha a mohair type of fabric that works really well for her salt and pepper hair. Her clothes are sewn on so I thing she is all original. It is endless the variety of doll and how the are made, the features they are given, it never ceases to amaze me. She is 13" tall and is circa 1920.
This is a great cloth doll with watercolor/ink painted face done with a lot of detail including the line drawn hair that I am very fond of. She is all hand sewn, rag stuffed and is heavy for her size. Her clothes are nice but not original to her. She is 21" tall, sits nicely and has the best blue eyes and pink cheeks. She has on a tan and light brown calico dress with a blue check apron over it, both are hand sewn. She was made circa 1890.
A wonderful plain and simple antique black doll doorstop. This one is smaller than most and is made with a weighted can rather than a bottle. She is 10" tall and is just the right size to sit on a shelf or be used as a bookend. I like it when the stocking shows nice wear on the bottom and this one really does. See photo. She is great folk art! Circa 1920
From an old French collection we can offer a most beautiful near mint condition Polichinelle with his accessory in presentation from 19th. century
A Polichinelle was very popularity in France until after the end of 19th. century and it was the most used symbol on publicity poster or Department Store and luxury Doll Store catalogs in Paris !! They was to find in different sizes and styles but always wearing very lavish and special .........
Early cloth doll with a faded pencil face, a great heavy linen body and all hand sewn. She has stitched defined fingers and is jointed at her shoulders and hips. She has as found clothing that is very nice, but brings a smile to my face. Her dress is inside out and I didn't even realize until I started taking pictures. I know why some child did it because the lining is much more colorful that the soft cream calico dress. The line is a red check cotton with a blue check waist band...
This doll has an outstanding leather over a carved wooden head that is down right amazing. The head is attached to a wire framework that is her back bone and the core of her arms and legs. So the doll is a little bit flexible. The body is recovered with black sateen fabric that is, I think, over the an even earlier fabric body. She is wearing an 1880s, all handsewn calico dress, that fits her really well...
Lovely all original 12" ( 31 cm ) " Uncle SAM " bisque portrait doll for the US market by German factory ~ Cuno and Otto Dressel ~ of the series of American historical heroes .... Germany circa 1890th.
Very distinctively sculpted Character bisque socket head of best quality of bisque and painting , has nicely inset brown glass eyes and thick modeled brush stroked grey brows...
ou are viewing a Oak Doll High Chair from the 1920's. It measures approximately 13" tall and 5 1/4" wide. No breaks or repairs. Nice original condition.
Rare to find 10" tiny Steiner Bebe in her all original condition with very sweet facial expression on best quality of pale bisque socket head with beautiful blue inset glass eyes with fine painted lashes , widely brows and tiny accented eye corners and shaded nostrils.Has closed mouth with space between her fine shaded and outlined lips.
She has un-pierced ears and original tiny curled fur wig over original purple Steiner pate.
Head mark at back : 4
Very sweet ...
This doll is fashioned after a raggedy ann doll, is homemade with a hand stitched face. Her clothes are old and came on her. She has her shoes and stockings are part of her legs. She has yarn hair that is thinning a little. She is 18" and circa 1930.
You are viewing 14" tall J.D. Kestner doll. She has a beautiful hand painted bisque face with blue glass sleep eyes( the eyes are a little loose and would probably need to be redone) open mouth showing her teeth. No chips, cracks or hairlines to the head. Doll is marked at the back of her bisque head "154 dep 2-1/2" and "Made in Germany" below her leather. The doll has bisque lower arms from the elbow down with fingers intact, the upper arms are cloth. Both of the arms have damage with repairs, ...
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