German Ceramic Dolls Head

France and germany began manufacturing bisque dolls which featured unglazed porcelain heads with a matte finish.

German ceramic dolls head.

Unlike the china doll bisque doll heads were not dipped in glaze before firing which preserved a smooth skin like texture. 5 out of 5 stars 88 88 reviews. Head doll is a very good example of both the collaborative and competitive nature of the doll industry in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Bisque head german doll with glass eyes and ball jointed composition body c 1920 most bisque dolls have a head made of bisque porcelain and a body made of another material.

Armand marseilleof sonneberg and koppelsdorf thüringia germany was one of the worlds largest and best known bisque doll head manufacturers. The most common german bisque doll to find is by far the armand marseille 390 and 370. Antique a m 3 dep 370 bisque porcelain doll head germany armand marseille old. Antique china dolls were made by various mostly german companies from 1836 to the 1940s.

Petersburg russia the son of an architect and immigrated to germany with his family after. The founder was born in 1856 in st. For example a doll made in 1916 by the french sculptor albert marque one of 100 limited edition dolls dressed by the parisian couturier jeanne margaine lacroix was sold in 2014 by auction house theriault s for 300 000. German bisque doll circa 1905.

In some ways armand marseille was the mattel of the german doll market and the ubiquitous 390 dolly faced bisque doll was the barbie doll. Glazed porcelain china head dolls unglazed porcelain dolls are referred to as parian dolls are usually found on a wood cloth or kid body with some dolls having partial china limbs as well. Bisque porcelain doll head overall height 3 1 2 green eyes. Antique victorian doll bust head porcelain germany thecoupvintage.

Simon halbig and. It is usually tinted or painted a realistic skin color. Tiny antique german all bisque 3 25 yellow boot kestner doll small die cut box 195 00 antique kling german 123 5 0 glass eyes solid dome head bisque dollhouse doll 7. At the height of their production they were producing over 1 000 bisque doll heads a day.

Sale price 66 60 66 60 111 00 original price 111 00 40 off.