Bisque Beauties

Antique & Vintage Dolls

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20” doll marked “S & H CMB 8”.  Brown sleep eyes with the original setting.  The beautiful eyes have their original setting, but tend to stick and require assistance to open and close.  Pierced ears.  Original compo body in good condition with repainted hands.    Vintage drawers and petticoat.  Lovely brown linen dress, trimmed with turquoise velvet ribbon, with old rick-rack trim sewn in an unusual design.  Wig is a later replacement but in good shape….needs to be restyled.  Lovely molding on the face…look at the detailed molding on the eyebrows!  Beautiful painting, good coloring on this doll.  Perfect bisque...no hairlines or repairs...a very light rub on the nose.  Stringing on body is somewhat loose. 

$450 

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 Byelo doll ---10-1/2”---with lovely vintage sheer linen or organdy dress.  Head circumference is 10”.  This is a lovely Byelo in original condition.  She has perfect celluloid hands.  Brown sleep eyes.  Unusual pale “oily” bisque.  “Tshirt” is sewn on but I do not see any apparent damage to the body, which looks to be in very good condition despite some staining on the legs.  Dress is lovely with small pink bows at sleeves and set on top of a descending row of lace at center front.  Delicate white embroidery on the yoke front and skirt bottom center.

$250

6-1/2” black all-bisque doll marked “Made in Japan C-332”.  Probably from around 1920-1930.  Jointed at hip and shoulder.  Some paint loss on shoes and certain areas of the painted bisque body, but generally in very good condition.  No breaks.  Painted features are still nice….she has blue eyes!  Needs to be restrung.

$50--SOLD

  8” reproduction black Bye-lo….cloth body with porcelain hands.  Nicely made reproduction black Bye-lo.  Painting is better than many I’ve seen.  One place near right eye where there is some extra black paint.  Has knit stockings, cotton diaper and cotton slip.  5-5/8” head circumference.

$50

Bisque head and leather body.  14-1/2” tall.  Slightly turned shoulderhead.  Doll is marked only “L 1” at the bottom back of the shoulderplate.  Unknown German maker.  One stroke brows, pale gray eyelashes.  Open mouth with 4 carved-in teeth.  Brown glass eyes with slight paperweight.  Blonde mohair wig…some hair loss.   Missing thumb on right porcelain hand.  Left hand is in great shape.  Body has had patching at joints, but it is not leaking sawdust.  Leather is still supple and very clean.  Doll is wearing white suede shoes with ribbon ties.

$200

Black cloth doll 15”.  This doll is stuffed with straw…made out of what looks to be a black silk crepe material.  Embroidered eyes and mouth, with four white beads for teeth.  Attached cloth pigtails.  Turquoise glass beads for earrings.  One hand raised, the other by the side.  Not jointed.  White stitched fingernails and toenails.  Heavy white muslin drawers and slip.  Looks like 1930s vintage floral fabric for dress in peach, green and white.  White apron with floral pockets.  Elastic is shot in the skirt.  Rather crude body construction with straw showing at chest and in the back of the head.

$125---SOLD

One piece stuffed cloth doll---15”.  This cloth doll appears to be an earlier one.  Fabric is a densely woven, highly colored sateen cotton in extremely good condition.  No weak spots in cloth and no faded spots.

$25