Bisque Doll Head
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Baby Dolls: With Heads Made of Bisque from 1909 Until Circa 1930 Character Baby Dolls Sale Price: $79.65  |
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China, Parian & Bisque German Dolls Sale Price: $42.99 |
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DOLLMAKING PROJECTS & PLANS magazine Summer 1991 Renaissance Paper Doll by Sarajane Helm (Doll Making, Howw to mold a felt doll head, One-pattern wardrobe, Bisque Doll Care, Danielle by Kezi) |
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Simon & Halbig Dolls: The Artful Aspect Sale Price: $44.95 |
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Latest reference book for collectors by this author! 26 beautiful color and 445 b/w photographs with extensive details for each doll. Historical background to this German doll's head maker. Greatest variety of S&H molds ever shown! Exposes the collector to the captivating Simon & Halbig faces plus the accurate identification desired by collectors... |
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Nippon Dolls & Playthings: Identification and Values Sale Price: $44.95 |
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With over 800 full color photographs and almost 200 catalog pages and vintage ads, Nippon Dolls & Playthings will become THE guide for your newest hobby. Valuable historical information is provided, as well as answers to frequently asked questions, and backstamps information... |
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DOLLS magazine June / July 1990 Volume 9 Number 4 (The Collector's Magazine, Rare Decorated Bisque Heads, Germany's Engel-Puppen, Annette Himstedt's Porcelain Sita) |
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Doll Values: Antique to Modern Sale Price: $5.37 |
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Thanks to doll experts Barbara DeFeo and Carol Stover, this series continues. With almost 500 color photographs, the eighth edition of Doll Values, Antique to Modern, will retain its #1 bestselling status... |
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Blue Book Dolls and Values, 15th Edition Sale Price: $16.62 |
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This is the first time that the "Blue Book" has ever been in full color and the earliest it's ever been released! 2002 celebrates the century of the teddy bear. The first, favorite, and most trusted, price guide to all types of dolls is even more colorful and reader-friendly in its 15th edition... |
Collecting antique bisque dolls is a hobby some people engage in. Bisque dolls are commonly referred to as as porcelain dolls. Up to the 1860s, dolls were made from porcelain. These were glazed and looked like china.
The truth is they are different from porcelain dolls. They were first made with leather for its clothing as well as the bodies. Nowadays, these dolls are very expensive and breakable. They are rarely manufactured for playing. These are for collectibles only.
To elaborate, bisque is porcelain that is not glazed whereas porcelain is a result of paste from a mixture of water and clay. However the process of molding for bisque dolls and antique porcelain dolls are pretty much the same.
The application of the color creates a skin tone that is realistic, as if it is really human. If no color is added to antique bisque dolls, then these are called parian dolls.
The production of these dolls were circa 1860s in France. A lot of doll factories made unglazed porcelain dolls and they were the first to do. It gained popularity and the factories were able to obtain the right material to make doll heads circa early 1900s.
The composition of these replaced bisque as the material that was used for the dolls. But since antique bisque dolls have such a history on dolls in general, contemporary collectors continue to collect these.
The sizes and characteristics vary. If the heads of the dolls are made from bisque, then these are considered to be antique bisque dolls. But because of the weight of the material, most dolls are not completely from bisque.
If so, they wouldn't just be heavy, they would also be fragile. The smaller ones were such a hit during the 1800s up til the 1930s. They were called the penny dolls. The sizes range from 1/2 inch up to life size which is around 5 feet tall.
There are companies that continue to produce antique dolls because of the demand. All throughout history, these dolls are still produced. Most factories are located in France (because this is where these dolls started.).
Then manufacturing companies transferred to Germany circa 1880s. In 1900s, there were already manufacturing companies in the United States. In the end of the 20th century, China also has their own factories which manufacture these dolls.
Nearly all the bisque dolls that are created today are made in China, except for those rare antique bisque dolls which most collectors are searching high and low for.
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Doll identification: 5 inches, jointed arms & head, big ears, almost like kewpie and elf boy , bisque? antique?
Tufted topknot on head, 2 tufts on back of head, cute smiling face with teeth showing, big eyes with lashes, Beautiful elf-like kewpie like doll? there are some numbers I think on back but can't really make out. I hope you can tell me the name and or maker of this doll.
Could you take a photo and post it with you question it would make it a bit easier to id see if Rose O'Neill the American artist from the 20's who originally designed these dolls and paper dolls. Also the doll should be all bisque, is that true. There was one called Cupid With the tuft's over each ear and one on the top of the head at 5.25 inches also had a sister marked Germany and 10954, this doll was a copy by an artist to sell along with the Rose O'Neill dolls. These dolls in books are referred to as all bisque.
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