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A very sweet, happy bebe by Simon and Halbig with a bisque shoulder plate head on an early leather body with stitched toes and bisque forearms and hands. Her bisque head is in great shape without any hairlines, chips or repairs, very nicely rendered with feathered brows, rosy chubby cheeks, coral painted lips with an open smile showing a set of teeth all present. She has spiral glass blue eyes that were set. She retains her original soft blond wig and cork pate (the wig is a little sparse but l...

Lovely, early doll by Simon and Halbig, she is a mold 950 but with a face almost identical to the 949. She has a full, round Belton (French fashion) head without any hairlines, cracks or chips, early shoulder plate with set spiral blue glass eyes, outlined and painted lashes, feathers brows, rosy cheeks and closed mouth with a little upturned smile. Her early kid body has lower bisque arms with no chipped fingers. Overall she is in very good antique condition with a few patches to her leather b...

Unfortunately that infant mortality rate was high in the late Georgian and early Victorian era and many times the causes death was unknown. The life of the child was sometimes commemorated in paintings of them in clouds representing heaven. These sentimental paintings are not easily found and I love them, so I have collected them over the years when I could find them and afford them. This one is a miniature painting of a little girl on porcelain in a gold frame with an open c-clasp on the rever...

Infant mortality was very common in the late Georgian and early Victorian era, many times the causes death was unknown. The life of the child was sometimes commemorated in paintings of them in clouds representing heaven. These sentimental paintings are not easily found and I love them, so I have collected them over the years when I could find them. Here is one of those miniature paintings of a little girl on porcelain in a gold plated frame with a locking clasp to the reverse. I loved her very ...

Exceptional rendering on this wonderful all porcelain, hand made, one of a kind artist doll of the French bebe Bru, Circle Dot model. All handmade by the artist and poured in white porcelain bisque, full articulating body in very good condition, all hand painted body and head. Big beautiful blue glass eyes have been set. Lots of nicely painted lashes, mauve eyeshadow, and feathered brows, little open red mouth with painted teeth just like the antique Bru. She is an art doll and was only ever on...

Hard to find early baby bonnet hand stitched of soft silk with an overlay of knitted silk thread and front ‘bow’. The ends around the bonnet are stitched with fine ruffled lace and around the edge of the bonnet the is matching blue chenille. The interior lining is ivory silk that many times is gone by the time. As expected from a textile dating to about 1850 a few if the knitted silk threads are broken and the interior lining is a bit melting. The bonnet was made with little string on the i...

A sweet lil' French bebe pin with the word Be'be' separated by a round cartouche in the middle an impressed figure of a baby's profile signed 'R' on the right side it has little flowers designs on either end. It measures about 1 1/4" x 1/4" and is made of silver plated metal that is thick and hollow in the middle, with a very pretty detail of a rose medallion on the reverse with floral detailing on either side. It has the typical French clasp that holds fine. In good antique condition you see ...

A lovely old treasure sent to me from France, it is a Napoleon III small missal book or sometimes referred to as a Book of Common Prayer or the Missals of Mary, it is a Devotional book that likely belonged to a young female years ago (mid-1800s). It is covered in a deep purple velvet with French brass ormolu decorations on the spine and corners painted in cold enamel. It measures 5" x 3 1/2" x 1". Once opened, the book does not seem to have been read very much as the pages are tight but show li...

This very pretty doll ensemble certainly looks like something a big bebe would want to wear for her Christmas party attire! It is a nicely made dress of a stiff emerald or forest green fabric with lots of pleating around the bodice and a little black pin. The dress has a fancy double collar one of velvet with velvet about the ends of the long puffy sleeves and then more velvet to the reverse. Long ties about the waist so it can tie into bow to the back. There is a black half slip sewn into the w...

Beautiful pale bisque hand painted head with set blue glass sets that is set into a shoulder plate so her head can pivot from side to side, her arms and legs are also hand painted bisque. The middle section is a cloth stuffed body with aperture so her arms can bend and sit and she can have a variety of other poses. Thick, soft dark ringlet wig she is wearing her original outfit of a very fancy stiff pink fabric trimmed with lots and lots of lace and rows of tiny faux pearls. Underneath she ha...

The artistry is exceptional, she looks so much like the original antique doll, more than any other artist H doll that I've ever seen. Beautiful, pale bisque perfectly rendered with lovely blue paperweight eyes, nicely feathered brows, rosy cheeks and a tight closed mouth lips just like the antique. The beautiful, soft, curly mohair wig has tails and is perfect for her coloring. She is on her original articulating composition body that the artist chose for her and is well strung. She is wearing ...

Beautiful creamy, super soft, silk doll dress or full slip, depending on how it’s worn, with two rows of ruffle tulle lace on the bottom, two old big snaps on the back for closure. The color is a beautiful creamy, champagne color that is so pretty, I think most people would just to want to touch it and look at it than to have it under their dolls dress using as a slip! Measuring flat about 20 1/2" long, 22" sweep, 8 1/4" length across from under the arm openings, 3" arm openings and 4" across ...

Really fabulous old German's children's toy, from the mid-1800s. Each block is wooden, the box too, with lithograph paper glued over each piece, and what we expect to find in lithography blocks, but what makes these blocks much, much rarer than what is normally found is that these are much earlier with lithograph print and hand painting over the lithograph parchment paper that is on the blocks and the accompanying sheets. These were designed to help the child figure out how to lay the pieces ou...

This sweet pin has the word BEBE separated by a hand painted enamel plaque in the center from the famous Raphael painting of a cherub in the clowns. It is stamped in the back A835 for a higher silver content than the standard 800 European grade sterling. At the time of this listing I have two of these, the painting is of the same subject but looks different because each was hand painted then added to the silver when it was made. It has the French trombone clasp in the back and closes and locks ...

Wonderful antique French sewing box is filled with antique and vintage sewing objects, spools of thread, metallic trims, velvet trims, a few sewing instruments and little boxes filled with the antique French glass beads! The antique French box is nicely made with French blue paper and gold trim around all the edges with a French lithograph on the side of the lid and some little ones on the bottom flap. Once the box is opened from a latch that is stamped BREVETE S.G.B.S The box shows some typi...

Here is a fabulous little naughty treasure! A French couple in-love (hopefully!) in a beautiful setting of flowers and garlands and marble urns with statues, you see the French maiden’s bosom exposed, ohhh! Yes indeed, her lover has got her in his arms as he whispers sweet things to her and we can see that with her arm raised high in the air she is allowing him to disrobe her, so obviously she is a very willing participant! (And it looks like the female statue bust on the side is looking on in...

Divine set of silver spoons made in France, these ornately designed spoons have a little angel's face at the top of each spoon with scrolls and flowers abounding his cute little face! The spoons are made of silver and hallmarked on the spoon itself, which has a gold wash on it. On one side the initials SK and on the other side the boars head. It is typical of French marked silver for the stamps to be apart from each other, and the marks are very small and located on the front of the spoon where ...

Lovely bright regal foil metallic colors, exquisitely and expertly painted in enamels, you see the photos taken with and without the flash. Made in France in about 1890, in very good antique condition without any cracks, breaks or repairs. The painting itself measures about 3" x 4", set onto red velvet and then put into this more contemporary 'old world' style wooden frame probably from 1950s, that is a nice compliment to the painting. Cute scene of a bar winch holding a jug of wine being "man...