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Many, like Simon & Halbig, came from the Thuringia region, which has natural deposits of the clay used to make the dolls. [1] [3] Simon & Halbig was known for excellent sculpting of their doll heads, and the high quality of their bisque (porcelain). [4] German childlike dolls were predominantly produced between 1890 and 1930. [3]
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. [1] Bisque is unglazed porcelain with a matte finish, giving it a realistic skin-like texture. [1] [3] It is usually tinted or painted a realistic skin color. [1]
Price on eBay: $8,500 Porcelain dolls don’t have to be more than 2 feet tall to be worth a lot of money. This little lady stands only 15 1/2 inches tall, but her ornate details and impressive ...
But collectors make a distinction between china dolls, made of glazed porcelain, and bisque dolls, made of unglazed bisque or biscuit porcelain. A typical antique china doll has a white glazed porcelain head with painted molded hair and a body made of cloth or leather. The name comes from china being used to refer to the material porcelain.
Colloquially the term china doll is sometimes used to refer to any porcelain or bisque doll, but more specifically it describes only glazed dolls. [2] A typical china doll has a glazed porcelain head with painted molded hair and a body made of cloth or leather. They range in size from more than 30" (76 cm) tall to 1 inch (2.5 cm).
The old lady had several porcelain dolls and told my mom she was very poor when she was a child, never had a doll and always dreamed of having a porcelain doll (but never told anyone).